Geografie 2000, 105, 317-332
Erosion of forest soil under conditions of higher precipitation and snow melt (case study central part of the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mountains)
Water erosion is an important degradation agent not only on the agricultural land but it also shows up on the forested soil. It is associated with the progress of forest mechanisation and with changing forest cover and occurs especially under exceptional hydrometeorological situations. Intensive water erosion is often combined with gravitation processes (landslides). Research of water erosion has been organized by the Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology of the Ostrava University since 1976 in the central part of the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mountains (especially in the basin of the Upper Ostravice River). The article shows results of analysis of suspended load regime between 1976 and 1998. Suspended load as a transition part of the erosional products is an evidence of the intensity of erosional processes of the observed catchment.
