General photos of the Guadalentín basin, illustrating a number of aspects of desertification.
Tractor ploughing |
Location of Guadalentín |
Occurrence of gully erosion |
Guadalentin drainage basin, Spain |
Torrealvilla catchment, Spain |
Rainfall characteristics |
Potential evapotranspiration |
Aridity index |
CORINE 2000 land use map |
Aquifers |
Municipalities |
Overview of study areas |
Erosion assessments |
RUSLE soil loss estimates |
PESERA soil erosion assessments |
Reservoirs |
Potential for bank erosion |
Valdeinfierno reservoir #2 |
Potential for mass movements |
Puentes reservoir |
Levelled land |
Young almonds |
Almonds & steep slopes |
Pig farm |
Pig |
Ploughing |
Reforestation 1 |
Reforestation 2 |
Stone cover |
Gully development |
Bank protection |
Upper Guadalentín |
Check dam 1 |
Check dam 2 |
Levelled land 1 |
Sheep & lettuces |
Sheep & cabbages |
Irrigated agriculture |
Abandoned land |
Terraced almonds |
Marginal & irrigated land |
Levelled land 2 |
Map of Alagueces site |
Salt water |
Location of Guadalentin basin |
Salt crust |
Map of Torrealvilla within Guadalentin basin |
Map of Torrealvilla site |
Map of Transect A |
Cereal fields 1 |
Cereals & shrublands |
Map of Transect B |

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