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The objective of this research was to develop a mathematical model that accounted for the different processes that cause sediment detachment in an eroding rill. Rill erosion data from nine cropland soils studied in the USDA Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) were analyzed. It was found that the detachment capacity of water flowing in a rill was best predicted by a stream power function.
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Elliot et al. (1993) studied this question.
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