Application of Remote Sensing and GIS on soil erosion assessment at Bata River Basin, India Conclusions Annual average soil loss for the Bata river basin is 40.12 tones/ha and barren lands are contributing much for this soil loss (215.81 tones/ha/year). Wheat / Paddy and Sugarcane covers mainly flat land on lower elevations yielding a soil loss of 22.1 - 31.17 tones/ha/year. Areas of 22.74 and 13.61 km2 falling under very high and high priority classes respectively for whole Bata river basin. These areas should be prioratized for immediate conservation measures. Areas of 2.49, 2.21, 2.41 and 2.35 km2 of sub watersheds 10, 16, 22 and 23 respectively are falling under very high priority class and should be considered for conservation measures urgently. In general, it is clear from the results of this study that modified USLE is a powerful model for the qualitative as well as quantitative assessment of soil erosion intensity for the conservation management. Multi-temporal, multi-sensor and multi-spectral remote sensing data have provided valuable and very important factors like C and P for this study. Since, the crop cover is a powerful weapon to reduce the direct impact of rainfall on soil particles, it can be recommended that all barren lands in Bata river basin be converted to agricultural land or forest plantations through proper land reclamation measures. GIS has given a very useful environment to undertake the task of data compilation and analysis within a short period at very high resolution. IRS-1D pan data and GPS data can be used for updating the age-old Survey of India topo-sheets, which is the prime source of data for the Digital Elevation Model and Geo-coding of images. References
 Fig 01 - Location Map     Fig 02 - Modified USLE Factor Maps (R, K, LS, C and P) Fig. 03 - Attached separately as Figure3.doc.
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