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Morphometric parameters based prioritization of watersheds for soil erosion risk in Upper Jhelum Sub-catchment, India

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Soil erosion is the inherent and destructive threat affecting agricultural production and livelihood of million mouths. The increased frequency of floods and land use/land cover changes has made Upper Jhelum Sub-catchment susceptible to soil erosion risk. Morphometric based watershed prioritization for soil erosion risk may help in sustainable management of natural resources. Thus, this paper endeavors to prioritize watersheds of Upper Jhelum Sub-catchment in India based on morphometric parameters for soil erosion risk using geospatial techniques. Weights to the morphometric parameters were assigned through a multi-criteria decision method. The watersheds in the Sub-catchment have been categorized into low, medium, high and very high priority classes based on prioritization ranks that were determined by computing the compound value for the soil erosion risk, based on prioritization ranks obtained through compound value for the soil erosion risk. The results revealed 1E1D3 and 1E1D8 watersheds accorded very high priority. The watersheds namely IE1D2 and IEID4 were found under high priority. Medium priority for soil erosion risk was determined in IEID5 and IED7 watersheds while 1E1D1 and IE1D6 watersheds were identified for low priority. The study calls for implementing soil conservation practices in the Sub-catchment. The Sub-catchment can be made less hazardous for the soil erosion risk by implementing contour farming, building check dams, terrace farming, afforestation and limiting large scale overgrazing. The findings of this study may offer valuable insights for stakeholders for conservation of soil resource. The approach utilized in the study may be linked with soil loss estimation for effective conservation of natural resources in further future studies.

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The authors would like to expresses their heartfelt gratitude to the NASA for providing the remote sensing data. The authors are also grateful to Frederick Kutz (Associate Editor) and the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and insightful suggestions that helped us to improve the overall quality of our work.

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Ali, R., Sajjad, H., Masroor, M. et al. Morphometric parameters based prioritization of watersheds for soil erosion risk in Upper Jhelum Sub-catchment, India. Environ Monit Assess 196, 82 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-12226-1

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