ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Annual Runoff and Erosion Losses of Humus-
Silicate Soil from Two Specific Uses Due to
Precipitation in One Part of Western Serbia
G. Sekularac1, D. Stojiljkovic2
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1University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Agronomy, Cara Dusana 34, 32 000 Cacak, Serbia
2University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Water Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 8,
21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2007;16(3):433-440
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ABSTRACT
Erosion factors of a part of Western Serbia, that is, different precipitation amounts and intensities,
influencing humus-silicate soil formed on the serpentine, with an 18% inclination toward the northwestsoutheast
at the altitude of 300 m, enabled quantitative runoff amounts and soil losses of the fallow and
of autochthonous vegetation plot to be defined over a three-year study period. Throughout the trial, the
mean annual runoff from the fallow plot amounted to 28.75 l·m-2, and erosion losses of the soil were
2648.42 g·m-2. Mean annual runoff and soil losses from the autochthonous vegetation plot were 12.37 l·m-2
and 0.98 g·m-2, respectively. The total variability of runoff from the fallow plot due to precipitations was
28.1% and that from the plot under autochthonous vegetation was 0.2%. The total variability of soil losses
from the fallow plot, due to precipitation, was 43.6% and that from the plot under autochthonous vegetation
was 49%.