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lr rs alwavs an advanlage {osmium-[mull banlrs and
surmunds ed man a molar or seyrlre can be used until
llre selarlcd plans rake me. Trees are a danger rm dam
walls, l/rnev lall land inc-y oireu do rn lnose mndruonsl
[hey rake parl oi rne wall wnh llrcm, inn bambods,
ginger. svvcel prrrale, pepine, and rlrrmp grasses asslsl
hank slabllrsarrnn Trees ar the hair dl walls are
aduanrageous rn Shading. remuving waler, and
redudng weeds
The 'nrl and pin” planhng palrer-a cl Figure am rs
an enecrrve mnlml rn overgraled, erbded. mined or
bulldozed srles U lyres are avarlaole, rne "pans" an be
made learn rnese. lrlled wl|h rnralcb, anol llre diversion
drarns led rn above rne rrsad level. Fm people wrrn
access ro lees. irrese can be slalred ends—slope, an a
slrgnl downhill grade so rlral waler is made lo gang
aeross lne erosrun rare. and hem absorb imp ilre
gmund
Even small lags and lvranelres, pegged across eresian
enannels, burld up a layer—cake pl silr and leaves,
beside wnrelr an be planled willow, Amid, or any
orlrer trams—roared and hardy apeeles, whxh men Id
as a permanenr srlr lrap Mulcn benrnd logs and
barriers qnlckly sraa sea lne seed bed ipr planling,
Fallen leaves and scarrered dung xlw aseumulale in
illese mirudelras so prerlrlde planl numenrs, Small wire
nerrrng lenees. wirlr sranc—weiglned hay uplrill, wlll
irap sail and spread warer, as wall eresseswales o!
lemangeass or vaer grass
on my sleep slepes, there is olien ne mum ollrer
man in planl pampas, bamboo, lemongrass, and mok
mai proneers and lo mak: upslape planrings ol dusk
nur, Amnfl, earob, ollvr or diner large species wnien
will easeade seed dawnslope over rrrrle wnere
implemenrs suell as enlsel ploughs can be used. rirese
are eliecuve rrr erosron eonrrol Planned eruselling and
planling makes a permanenr and srable enange an
nlllslde nelails on gully eanrml in drvlarrds and in
nopreal nurrud areas are gum in subsequenr enaplers.
94
SLOPE MEASURES
slopes are measured and expkssed in several ways,
mm, are dope can be measured as DEGREE FROM
THE HORIIDNTAL, er rlre bag Ins}: al figure 9.2
This expM as “a slope 0115 degrees", and is
somelrmes used by geologrsrs to deserrbe lire p
(angel of luck srrara
Near, rne w between honmnlal and vernal an be
divided inrd lilo parls. and expressed as rm
CENTACB,A measure used by engineers.
finally. slope ean be expressed n meromoNs or
alias al base to nergnr, eg. u a slope l uml nlglr,
way. a base I unirs lang nus rs rlre nae oi alepe over
drsrarree, plren used [or dr ns and pipes, in unirs used
by nvdrologrsrs Many irrigarrpn drains use slopes al
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FIGUIE I z
SLOPE Mmunzmim
Errflfnwlfiud I:deams,pllwll3fi«. mammal-III (45-.
amass (mi . awn 517x}
REE-0W <w(l.z-us-
'1-7-5'
k ens is
.1952)
(re . ls-
urel an; A» sins new.)
FIGHHK u
SLOPE unsunwsm lrmmmansl
Ynelommmsdwmmmnlslomimummull own.
lune a! sail mm l
mo la Luna, or a lall l m rn 500 up man rm and
rnese are reremd id as "grades" irigure m.
Coarse slopes are men expressed in degaees, lowe
slope dramage anus slopes es a pmposraan um»).
Any uruls serve lor pmparlremal or degree measures,
inane are sulrable hug-(ion grades lor saris and
drains rlne sands need very genlle drainage slope
il 2mm and eanlr earls in sand need an easy angle pl
resl, abour 1-45 Table 9.1 mikzs clear some slepe
implirarlpru
sraple nallrral ioorlull slopes are nor srraigru inn
down-earned ieoneavsl. Wllen burldlng a road, ii is
well co remember lhal my will ithleve a concave
eurve by slurnp over rune, sn ii is bfil lo eui [his eurve