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Landform, Soils and Erosion in the North-Eastern Irangi Hills, Kondoa, Tanzania

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dc.creator Payton, R. W.
dc.creator Christiansson, C.
dc.creator Shishira, E. K.
dc.creator Yanda, Pius Z.
dc.creator Eriksson, M. G.
dc.date 2016-03-10T08:07:32Z
dc.date 2016-03-10T08:07:32Z
dc.date 1992
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T11:50:03Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T11:50:03Z
dc.identifier Payton, R. W., C. Christiansson, E. K. Shishira, P. Yanda, and M. G. Eriksson. 1992. “Landform, Soils and Erosion in the North-eastern Irangi Hills, Kondoa, Tanzania”. Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography 74 (2/3). [Wiley, Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography]: 65–79. doi:10.2307/521285.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/783
dc.identifier 10.2307/521285
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10477
dc.description Full text available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/521285?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
dc.description The northern eastern Iringa Hills of the Kondoa District, Tanzania are severely affected by soil erosion with consequent land degradation caused by the loss of productive soil, gullying, sand deposition on lower slopes, and rapid siltation of lakes. Major changes in land surface morphology and soil characteristics have drasticallyaltered the pattern of cultivation and settlement. A knowledge of soil and environmental conditions that existed prior to the phase of modern accelerated erosion in fundamental to the accurate assessment of land degradation processes, the extent of soil erosion and sedimentation, and the degree and sustainability of land recovery. This paper integrated the results of recent field-based geomorphological, pedological, and sedimentological studies in the Haubi and Mwisanga catchments. Landform, soil toposequences and recent colluvial and alluvial deposits are described in relation to erosion features, the dynamics vegetation/land use changes and the development of Lake Haubi. Modification of the pre-existing soil landscape by accelerated erosional and depositional process is discussed.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Wiley
dc.subject Geochronological
dc.subject pedologica
dc.subject sedimentological
dc.subject hills
dc.subject cultivation
dc.subject soil erosion
dc.title Landform, Soils and Erosion in the North-Eastern Irangi Hills, Kondoa, Tanzania
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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