soil erosion

The potential of grass strips for retaining surface runoff and sediment

Ing. Tomáš Laburda, Ing. Michal Vrána, Ing. Martin Neumann, Ing. Jan-František Kubát, Ing. David Zumr, Ph.D., doc. Ing. Josef Krása, Ph.D., Ing. Petr Koudelka, Ph.D. and prof. Dr. Ing. Tomáš Dostál – 3/2025

The use of grass strips in agricultural landscapes is widely recognized for their ability to effectively reduce surface runoff and the transport of eroded particles, while simultaneously enhancing biodiversity and landscape stability. This study aimed to quantify the impact of grass strip length on sediment retention in surface runoff. Experimental measurements were conducted on enclosed plots measuring 8 × 1 metres, each with varying proportions of grass cover to simulate different grass strip widths under real-world conditions.

Agriculture bare soil surface evaluation using stereophotogrammetry

Ing. Tomáš Laburda, doc. Ing. Josef Krása, Ph.D., Bc. Martin Florian and Ing. Monika Macháčková – 1/2017

The article deals with the development of agriculture bare soil surface using the stereophotogrammetric method. It describes and compares the development of selected soil characteristics investigated on four types of field cultivation.

The importance of catchment characteristics in terms of intensive erosion runoff formation threat level

Ing. Barbora Jáchymová, doc. Ing. Josef Krása, Ph.D., prof. Dr. Ing. Tomáš Dostál and Ing. Miroslav Bauer, Ph.D. – 1/2017

We located almost 130 000 critical localities near to urban areas where eroded material can enter the urban area. These localities were divided into five threat categories. Detailed modelling by WaTEM/SEDEM provided an extensive database of almost 130 000 micro catchments with outlet profiles threatened by intensive erosion runoff, and classified by five categories of threat for infrastructure damages.