The use of check dams for soil restoration at watershed level: A century of history and perspectives

Affiliations

• ¹ Castilla La Mancha University, School of Advanced Agricultural and Forestry Engineering, Department of Agroforestry Technology and Science and Genetics, Campus Universitario s/n, C.P. 02071 Albacete, Spain. Electronic address: ManuelEsteban.Lucas@uclm.es.
• ² Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Irstea, Grenoble Center, UR ETNA, Grenoble, France.
• ³ United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service - Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA.
• ⁴ University of Cordoba, Dept. of Rural Engineering, Campus Rabanales, Leonardo Da Vinci Building, 14071 Cordoba, Spain.
• ⁵ Department of Sediment Research, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China.
• ⁶ Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Department AGRARIA, Reggio Calabria, Italy.