Map of erodibility processed for erosion risk assessment of Atacora mountain in northern Benin

The dataset is a map in tif format. The erodibility map was generated by overlaying the slope layer and the lithofacies layer. The resulting map was generated by using erodibility matrix. The decision rules for the overlaying express that the erodibility of a given area will be low when slope is low and soils are weathered slowly. Soil erodibility will be extreme when slope is very steep or extreme and soils are easily weathered.

Download Metadata as EML

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Geographic coverage
Geographic description Atacora Mountain, northern Benin, West Africa
Bounding coordinates
North: 9.9167
West: 0.4167
East: 2.4167
South: 11.5
Temporal coverage
Timestep January 1, 2006
Other info
Last Updated December 17, 2020, 15:41 (UTC)
Created December 17, 2020, 15:41 (UTC)

Responsible parties

Creator
Name Farris Okou
Organization affiliations
Laboratory of Applied Ecology, EU project UNDESERT

Role

Contact
Name Farris Okou
E-mail
Organization affiliations
Laboratory of Applied Ecology, EU project UNDESERT

Associated party
Name Farris Okou
Role

Research data management planning

Data will be stored at (long-term archived) Information still missing

Link to this dataset:

https://dataportal.senckenberg.de/dataset/fc1d727c-f7b5-4dd3-b0c7-cfe0f073e001