Watershed condition and Soil losses

Watershed condition by physiographic zone (% of Total area.)

Zone	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor	Very poor
High Himal Transition zone Mid mountains Siwalicks Terai	78 52 14 37 100	16 42 65 28 0	4 6 15 33 0	2 0 6 0 0	0 0 0 2 0

Source: MPFS (roughly approximates LRMP classification.

Estimated annual soil loss for different land uses (t/ha).

Types of land use	Soil loss
Well managed forest land Well managed rice terraces Poorly managed sloping terraces Degraded rangelands	5-10 5-15 20-100 40-200

Source: MPFS (1988/89)

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