There is a correlation between poor land condition and high amounts of runoff from grazing lands. The primary sources of sediment exported from grazing lands are hillslope, gully and riverbank erosion. Hillslope runoff has a large effect on all three erosion processes; by increasing the transport capacity of sediment from hillslopes to streams, increasing rates of gully and river bank erosion downstream. Improvements in pasture condition can be achieved through changes in land management over several years; however the time it takes to reduce hillslope runoff is less well documented. The quantity of runoff leaving two adjacent hillslopes on grazing lands near Mingela, Australia was monitored for 7 years. ...
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