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The Basic <strong>Soil</strong>-Environmental Monitoring Project found excess soil Ca in paddy fields, upland fields and<br />

orchards during 1979-1998 (MAFF, 2008), but also a gradual increase in soil Mg deficit over the same period.<br />

Thus the balance of Ca and Mg has been deteriorating in Japanese arable land. In addition, the soil pH of paddy<br />

fields gradually decreased from 5.8 to 5.7 1979-1998 (MAFF, 2008).<br />

<strong>Soil</strong> erosion<br />

Spatial estimation of soil loss from arable land at national scale was carried out using the Universal <strong>Soil</strong><br />

Loss Equation (USLE) and environmental inventories (Kohyama et al., 2012). Hourly rainfall and runoff factors<br />

(R: resolution 1 km) were calculated by the amount of precipitation analysed by radar-AMeDAS. Topographic<br />

factors (LS) are shown in Figure 10.7, calculated using a digital elevation model (resolution 50 m) and ALOS<br />

satellite imagery. The soil erodibility factor (K) of arable land was calculated using the physico-chemical<br />

soil properties (soil texture, soil organic matter content, etc.) as measured in the Basic <strong>Soil</strong>-Environmental<br />

Monitoring Project (Taniyama, 2003). The K factor of arable land was determined by soil series groups. The<br />

K factor was relatively higher in clayey lowland soil group than in humic Andosol groups. The cover and<br />

management factor (C) of each crop was determined by Taniyama (2003), and was delineated using the agroenvironmental<br />

census data map (Kohyama et al., 2003).<br />

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Topographic factor (LS) <strong>Soil</strong> erodibility factor (LS; kg h MJ -­‐1 mm -­‐1 )<br />

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Cover and management factor (C)<br />

ClassificaBon of esBmated soil loss <br />

venerdì 20 novembre 15<br />

Figure 10.7 Distribution map of the parameters of USLE and classification of estimated soil loss. Class I: less than 1 tonnes ha -1 yr -1 ;<br />

Class II: 1-5 tonnes ha -1 yr -1 ; Class III: 5-10 tonnes ha -1 yr -1 ; Class IV: 10-30 tonnes ha -1 yr -1 ; Class V: 30-50 tonnes ha -1 yr -1 ; Class VI: more<br />

than 50 tonnes ha -1 yr -1 . Source: Kohyama et al., 2012.<br />

Status of the <strong>World’s</strong> <strong>Soil</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> | Main Report Regional Assessment of <strong>Soil</strong> Changes<br />

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in Asia

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