Simulation of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Losses in Loess Landforms of Northern Iran
- Авторы: Kiani F.1, Behtarinejad B.1, Najafinejad A.1, Kaboli R.2
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Учреждения:
- Faculty of Soil Science
- Golestan Regional Water Authority
- Выпуск: Том 51, № 2 (2018)
- Страницы: 176-182
- Раздел: Soil Chemistry
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1064-2293/article/view/224407
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229318020035
- ID: 224407
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Population growth, urban expansion and intensive agriculture and thus increased use of fertilizers aimed at increasing the production capacity cause extensive loss of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus and lead to reduced quality of soil and water. Therefore, identification of nutrients in the soil and their potential are essential. The aim of this study was to evaluate the capability of the SWAT model in simulating runoff, sediment, and nitrogen and phosphorus losses in Tamer catchment. Runoff and sediment measured at Tamar gauging station were used to calibrate and validate the model. Simulated values were generally consistent with the data observed during calibration and validation period (0.6 < R2 and 0.5 < NS). In the case of nitrogen loss, the model performed an almost good simulation (0.6 < R2 and 0.47 < NS), but phosphorus simulation yielded better results (0.76 < R2 and 0.66 < NS). The results showed that cultivated lands had higher loss of nitrogen and phosphorus than other types of land use. Among the various forms of nitrogen and phosphorus, the loss of organic nitrogen and nitrate and soluble phosphorus and mineral phosphorus attached to the sediments showed the greatest sensitivity to the type of land use. Results also showed that the average nutrient loss caused by erosion in this catchment, was 6.99 kg/ha for nitrogen, 0.35 kg/ha for nitrate, 1.3 kg/ha for organic phosphorus, 0.015 kg/ha for soluble phosphorus, and 0.45 kg/ha for mineral phosphorus.
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F. Kiani
Faculty of Soil Science
Автор, ответственный за переписку.
Email: kianifarshad@gmail.com
Иран, Gorgan, 49138-15739
B. Behtarinejad
Faculty of Soil Science
Email: kianifarshad@gmail.com
Иран, Gorgan, 49138-15739
A. Najafinejad
Faculty of Soil Science
Email: kianifarshad@gmail.com
Иран, Gorgan, 49138-15739
R. Kaboli
Golestan Regional Water Authority
Email: kianifarshad@gmail.com
Иран, Gorgan, 49138-15739