Classification and Reclamation of Gullied Lands

Abstract

It is estimated that about 2.3 m ha (5.75 m acres) of land in India are affected. by severe gully erosion. These gullies are an indication of very bad management of the land resources of India. Apart from the fact that the gullied land has been completely destroyed, the gullies are a menace to the adjoining table lands. The sheet and rill erosion goes on unnoticed in these table lands till the gullies are formed. Once a gully is formed it acts like a wild fire and goes on engulfing more and more area of the table land till the entire area is destroyed and becomes a net work of gullies of various sizes and shapes in various stages of development.