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Table 1 The datasets used for the RUSLE modelling

From: Spatial estimation of soil erosion using RUSLE modeling: a case study of Dolakha district, Nepal

Datasets

Data source

DEM

SRTM DEM

https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

A product of METI and NASA

Soil map

Digital soil map of the World (2019)

www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show

Produced by FAO-UNESCO (1:5,000,000 scale)

Landcover map

Landcover map of Nepal (2010)

Produced by ICIMOD

Rainfall map

TRMM Data

https://gpm.nasa.gov/?q=TRMM

Produced by NASA