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Analysis of watershed function: sediment transfer across various type of filter strips. Final report

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The link between predicted erosion by a model to the magnitude of sediment yield in rivers can be overstated due to the intercepting effect of filter strips/border strips and hedgerows on sediment from erosion upper slope. There appears to be a major gap between results of plot level studies and studies based on stream flow. The whole matrix of field borders in which the plots are set appears to have been ignored in most previous researches.

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