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Table1. Distribution of vegetation cover factor classes in the Ben Ahmed Basin
Table 2. The erosivity index of the rainfall of Ben Ahmed station
Table 3. Spatial distribution of K factor in the study area
Table 4. Spatial distribution of soil loss
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