PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOILS FROM RURAL AREA AND THEIR EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT OF EROSION

• Main Author: Olesea COJOCARU
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academy of Sciences of Moldova 2016-01-01
• Series: Akademos: Revista de Ştiinţă, Inovare, Cultură şi Artă
• Subjects: erosion; physical properties; rural area; vulnerability
• Online Access: http://akademos.asm.md/files/Insusirile%20fizice%20ale%20solurilor%20din%20arealul%20rural%20si%20evaluarea%20expunerii%20lor%20la%20eroziune.pdf

Most agricultural land in Moldova (80%) is located on slopes with different inclination. The damage caused to the national economy after surface erosion of agricultural soils area is colossal with an annual loss of fertile soil, land clogging etc. The soil after Mr Cristian Herea accounts is the foundation of sustainable agriculture and the national economy [6]. The purpose of this paper is to expose the importance physical properties of investigated soils in evaluation erosion hazard in Negrea village, Hincesti district. Determining the physical properties of the rural area (texture, structure, physical clay, apparent density, porosity, resistance to penetration, etc.) was used as indicators of soil quality and soil erosion vulnerability appreciation. Recent research on the experimental field in the village Negrea resulted in obtaining suitable parameters for assessing the physical quality of the soil exposed to erosion. According to data from the soils investigated is characterized by clay-loam, silty and sandy. In agronomical terms also texture provides favorable characteristics for the investigated soils.