Hatching Indicate Vineyards
On the contrary, in the complete greening land management scenario of 100% grass cover the potential erosion rate would be reduced to 10 times the upper limit of tolerable soil erosion threshold. Upper left: Aerial photo of the village. Its surrounding (image modified from “Regione del Veneto-L.R.R. Upper right: DTM of the same area. Lower inset: map of potential soil erosion from RUSLE modelling. Polygons with hatching indicate vineyards. The potential erosion rate estimated in Prosecco DOCG vineyards is quite similar to the ones calculated for the “Chianti Classico” viticultural region (Tuscany, Central Italy), where RUSLE model was validated with field data and measures in 566 experimental sites monitored over six years, and it showed very good performances. Chianti Classico is about 6.4 kg every single bottle. This suggest that in mid- long-term degradation in ecosystem functioning could strongly affect agricultural productivity by drastic reduction in nutrients, organic matter, wa