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Table 1 K value obtained from KI value based on Taiwanese soil types (adapted from (SWCB 2019))

From: Prediction of soil erosion and sediment transport in a mountainous basin of Taiwan

Soil types

KI value

K

Diluvial Material Yellow Soils

10

0.045

Diluvium Red Soils

7

0.030

Metamorphic Rock Pale Colluvial Soils

8

0.035

Miscellaneous Lands

11

0.050

Precipitous Areas

8

0.035

Sandstone-Shale Darkish Colluvial Soils

7

0.030

Sandstone-Shale Lithosols

6

0.025

Sandstone-Shale Order Alluvial Soils

12

0.055

Sandstone-Shale Pale Colluvial Soils

14

0.065

Sandstone-Shale Yellow Soils

7

0.030

Sandstone-Shale-Slate Calcareous Alluvial Soils

10

0.045

Sandstone-Shale-Slate Non-Calcareous Alluvial Soils

13

0.060

Slate Calcareous Alluvial Soils

3

0.010

Slate Calcareous Older Alluvial Soils

11

0.050

Slate Non-Calcareous Alluvial Soils

11

0.050