Other erosion-related soils (2015)

Certain parcels with low erosion sensitivity on the potential soil erosion map may nevertheless play an important role in soil erosion issues due to their specific location. For example, slightly sloping soils on top of a plateau (plateau) can be at the source of soil erosion on the plots below them by generating run-off water. Valleys, on the other hand, receive a lot of water from higher plots and may therefore be affected by severe soil erosion despite their intrinsic low erosion sensitivity. Such parcels can be classified on request as ‘other erosion-related land’. These parcels are then assigned a code “A”. This will make it possible to conclude a management agreement to combat erosion. This data layer contains the most recent delineations of other erosion-related soils in the form of geographical units. The demarcation is independent of the annually changing parcel boundaries. All current and future parcels with very low to negligible soil erosion falling within the ‘other erosion-related land’ are automatically assigned the code ‘A’.