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Experimental studies have led to the development of empirical equations describing soil erosion. Mathematical representations of the physical relationships involved in soil erosion require consideration of rainfall, overland flow, erosion, sediment transport and soil surface changes due to erosion.","Dynamic overland flow equations and conservation of mass equations for sediment were numerically solved to simulate overland flow, erosion, sediment routing and soil surface degradation from small fallow test plots located in unmined soils and soils reclaimed from strip mining operations. Infiltration was estimated using a soil moisture dependent equation. Resistance to overland flow was represented using Manning's equation or a semilogarithmic equation based on Prandtl's mixing length theory. Erosion rates were computed using rill and interill erosion concepts or splash and flow erosion ideas. 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