The uniform removal of soil in thin layers by a thin, even layer of surface runoff (i.e. sheet flow)
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What is sheet flow?
Runoff which flows over the ground surface as a thin, even layer that is not concentrated in a channel
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Where are rills often found?
On farms
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What are rills?
Shallow channels no more than a few tens of centimetres in depth & width.
These channels are cut into the soil by flowing water (i.e. rill erosion)
Common features on hillslopes
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What do type of sediment movement & the impact on hillslopes depend on?
Rainfall intensity
Nature of the soil
Slope steepness
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What is regolith?
Broken pieces of rock underneath the soil
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Card 2
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What is sheet flow?
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Runoff which flows over the ground surface as a thin, even layer that is not concentrated in a channel
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Where are rills often found?
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What are rills?
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What do type of sediment movement & the impact on hillslopes depend on?
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