Author(s)

Jean-Philippe Attoungbré Deguy^1*, Alexis Yao N’Go¹, Hervé Kouakou Kouassi², Emile Gneneyougo Soro¹, Albert Tié Bi Goula¹

¹Laboratory of Geosciences and Environment, UFR Environmental Science and Management, Nangui Abrogoua University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
²Laboratory of Sciences and Technologies of Water, UFR Environment, University Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire.

The Lobo watershed is highly anthropogenic since it has become the main production area for cocoa and coffee in C?te d’Ivoire. It therefore seems important to quantify soil loss by water erosion in this region. The Wischmeier modeling was used to model the main factors involved in erosive phenomena. Crosscutting of thematic maps and the application of the USLE formulas made possible to evaluate the erosion rate at the watershed scale in 1986 and 2014. Although soil is susceptible to erosion and erosivity is increased, the results indicate a growth in soil loss estimated at 90.12%. Some agroforestry efforts are still possible to help reducing those soil losses.

Water Erosion, Soil Loss, Universal Soil Loss Equation, Geographical Information System, Lobo

Deguy, J. , N’Go, A. , Kouassi, H. , Soro, E. and Goula, A. (2018) Contribution of a Geographical Information System to the Study of Soil Loss Dynamics in the Lobo Catchment (Côte d’Ivoire). Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 6, 183-194. doi: 10.4236/gep.2018.69014.