Slope angle Slope length Material Drainage Site Moisture

Good Damp
Dry
>15 metres
Damp
Poor
Dry
>450 Good Any

Damp
<15 metres
Poor
Dry

Good Any
>15 metres

Poor Any

300-450 Good Any

<15 metres

Poor Any

Good Any
Any
Poor Any
<300
<15 metres Any

Base of any slope

Special materials (in place of the measures

described in the rows above)
<300 Any Any rocky material
Any loose SandGood Any
Any ratomato Poor Any

Gullies ≤45º Any gully

 Technique(s)
Diagonal grass lines
Contour grass lines
1. Downslope grass lines and vegetated stone pitched rills or
2. Chevron grass lines and vegetated stone pitchedrills
Diagonal grass lines
1. Diagonal grass lines
2. Jute netting and randomly planted grass
1. Downslope grass lines
2. Diagonal grass lines
1. Jute netting and randomly planted grass
2. Contour grass lines or
3. Diagonal grass lines
1. Horizontal bolster cylinders and shrub/tree planting or
2. Downslope grass lines and stone pitchedrills or
3. Site grass seeding, mulch and mesh jute netting
1. Herringbone bolster cylinders & shrub/tree plantingor
2. Another drainage system and shrub/tree planting
1. Brush layers of woody cuttings
2. Contour grass lines or
3. Contour fascines or
4. Palisades of woody cuttings or
5. Site grass seeding, mulch and wide mesh jute netting
1. Diagonal grass lines or
2. Diagonal brush layers or
3. Herringbone fascines and shrub/tree planting or
4. Herringbone bolster cylinders & shrub/tree planting or
5. Another drainage system and shrub/tree planting
1. Shrub and tree planting
2. Site grass seeding, mulch and mesh jute netting
1. Shrub and tree planting
2. Diagonal lines of grass and shrubs/trees
Turfing and shrub/tree planting
1. Large bamboo planting or
2. Large tree planting
materials (in place of the measures
escribed in the rows above)
Site seeding of shrubs/small trees
Jute netting and randomly planted grass
Diagonal lines of grass and shrubs/trees
1. Large bamboo plantingo
2. Live check dams or
3. Vegetated stone pitching