Temporal variability of runoff production under slope gradients in different soil

Initiation time and production rate are the major runoff characteristics which can be affected by the changes of soil physical properties during rainfall. Temporal variation of these characteristics could be controlled by soil texture and slope gradient. This study was carried out to investigate temporal variation of runoff in both different soil textures those of clay loam, loam, and sandy loam and various slopes (5, 10, 15, 25(and 30) under a 40 mm h-1simulated rainfall in the lab. Soil texture and slope steepness were the important factors influencing runoff initiation time (P