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Environment

Spatiotemporal analysis of soil loss in cold climate upland farming watersheds using SWAT: case study of Tokoro River watershed, Hokkaido, Japan

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Pages 65-77 | Received 19 Mar 2023, Accepted 24 Sep 2023, Published online: 06 Oct 2023

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