Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving factors of soil erosion in the Kangding River Basin (Southwest China) based on the RUSLE model

Yuqi Guan; Xiong Duan; Qinglian Deng; Bin Chen; Bingrui Su; Kun Zeng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0344489

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Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving factors of soil erosion in the Kangding River Basin (Southwest China) based on the RUSLE model

Yuqi Guan,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Geographical Sciences, Sichuan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Monitoring and Control for Soil Erosion in Dry Valley, China West Normal University, Nanchong, China
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Xiong Duan ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: duanxiong00@163.com

Affiliation School of Geographical Sciences, Sichuan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Monitoring and Control for Soil Erosion in Dry Valley, China West Normal University, Nanchong, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9384-4461

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Qinglian Deng,

Roles Data curation, Software

Affiliation School of Geographical Sciences, Sichuan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Monitoring and Control for Soil Erosion in Dry Valley, China West Normal University, Nanchong, China
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Bin Chen,

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Geography and Environment, Liaocheng University, Liaochen, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5671-1871

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Bingrui Su,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Geographical Sciences, Sichuan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Monitoring and Control for Soil Erosion in Dry Valley, China West Normal University, Nanchong, China
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Kun Zeng

Roles Software

Affiliation School of Geographical Sciences, Sichuan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Monitoring and Control for Soil Erosion in Dry Valley, China West Normal University, Nanchong, China
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Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving factors of soil erosion in the Kangding River Basin (Southwest China) based on the RUSLE model

Yuqi Guan,
Xiong Duan,
Qinglian Deng,
Bin Chen,
Bingrui Su,
Kun Zeng

Published: March 16, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0344489

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