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Rendina basin (Basilicata region): wheat fields and degraded pasture (Sept. 2008)

Wheat fields and degraded pasture
Recently burned area (dark upper part of the slope) close to the Rendina reservoir (Sept. 2008)

Recently burned area
Wildfire in rangeland produced by residue burning activity – close to Rendina reservoir (sept. 2008)

Rangeland wildfire
Intense rilling (Sept. 2008)

Intense rilling
Connectivity effects and deposition close to a riverbank (Sept 2008)

Eroded field
Concentrated water erosion at field border before  residue burning activities (Sept 2008)

Erosion at field border
Contains basic soil information as: type, texture, depth, fertility, mapunit (indicated here as numerical code  (6-7-9-11-14) (Source: E. A. C. Costantini, F. Urbano, G. L’Abate. SOIL REGIONS OF ITALY www.soilmaps.it Podis Basilicata http://basilicata.podis.it/ctr/ctr2.phtml)

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Soil map of Rendina Basin (Classification WRB’98) (Source: E. A. C. Costantini, F. Urbano, G. L’Abate. SOIL REGIONS OF ITALY www.soilmaps.it Podis Basilicata http://basilicata.podis.it/ctr/ctr2.phtml)

Soil map
Land use map of Rendina Basin

Land use map
Historical land use map 1963 (by Cotecchia and Lonoce, 1963)

Historical land use map
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