Republic of Turkey
MINISTRY OF FORESTRY AND
WATER AFFAIRS
General Directorate for Combating
Erosion and Desertification
ALTINOVA WIND ROSE
On the other hand, the wind slows down the
plant development and reduces fertility. The loss
of the top soil leads to the loss of biodiversity,
the degradation of the vegetation and it causes
a shortage with the reduction of food production
and migration.
RISK ASSESSMENT
OF WIND EROSION
PROJECT
The “Risk Assessment of Wind Erosion Project” in
the Agriculture Enterprises of Altınova and Gözlü,
connected with TIGEM, has been carried out
under the coordination of the General Directorate
for Combating Erosion and Desertification and by
the General Directorate of Agriculture Enterprise,
the Faculty of Agriculture of Ankara and Erciyes.
KONYA ALTINOVA - GÖZLÜ
AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES
MODEL WORK
CTA (0312) 222 66 77
GÖZLÜ WIND ROSE
www.cem.gov.tr
The wind erosion occurs as a result of the
movement and the detachment of soil particles
with the violent wind effect. The wind erosion
generally occurs in areas where arid and semiarid climate conditions are predominant. The
effect of the wind has not only an impact on the
fertile soil but at the mean time it accelerates the
evaporation and reduces the humidity of the soil.
Occasionally, degradation is caused by the
wind erosion in the Agriculture Enterprises of
Altınova and Gözlü. Especially during the events
happening in February and May, as a result of the
wind erosion, the plants are covered of sediments
or economic losses are occurred when the roots
split off the soil are deracinated. Therefore there
is a need for scientific measurement data that will
be a guide for preventing wind erosion activities
to achieve.
With this project it is aimed to directly determine
the risk of wind erosion in the various land usages
existing in the Agriculture Enterprises lands of
Altınova and Gözlü.
The wind erosion measurements are realized
in 5 different land usages in Altınova and
Gölzlü Agricultural Enterprises protected by
Cereals, Fallow, irrigated agriculture, Pasture
and Wind curtains.
device and for each wind erosion the sediment
flow (kg m²), the rate of flow sediment (kg m-1
h) and the transportation of the total mass (kg
m-1) will be measured.
Standard parcels consisted of 4 square meters
are existing in the Enterprise. Sediments
barriers are installed in 10 different places so
that it will be vertical to the prevailing wind,
passing through the center line of the parcels.
The measurements are performed on event
basis, the sediments that will be captured after
the wind erosion in the agriculture enterprise
will be weighed on an analytical weighing
The sediments accumulated in sediment
traps are collected and are weighed in the
Laboratory of the Faculty of Agriculture of
the University of Ankara. The measurement
results were evaluated at the University of
Erciyes.
The measurements are performed each wind
erosion period. The wind erosion cycle in
Konya Basin is between February and June.
Sediment traps were installed in February
2014 on the exploration field.
The wind erosion prevention work is
extremely important for the sustainable land
management. The results to be obtained after
the project will be used in the identification
of : wind erosion prevention methods and
measures to be taken for the lands of first
priority. The project began in 2013 and will
be completed in 2017.
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