and they can develop rapidly in rangelands from existing natural erosion forms subject to vegetative cover removal and livestock activity.

Etymology

The earliest known usage of the term is from 1657. It originates from the French word goulet, a diminutive form of goule which means throat. The term may be connected to the name of a type of knife used at the time, a gully-knife.

Water erosion is more likely to occur on steep terrain because of erosive pressures, splashes, scour, and transport. Slope characteristics, such

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