DEFINITION AND CATEGORIZATION OF EROSION RATES IN THE FOREST AREA OF TIRANA DISTRICT

Soil erosion represents one of the most destructive phenomena of earth, by both surface and depth erosion and it is becoming in recent years an increasing problem that is seriously affecting our country. In many areas of our country, mountainous and hilly territories, suffer major erosion in both surface and depth, where the solids are deposited in the flat parts of the country, thus leading to a higher content of gravel in agricultural land and filling of the sewage networks. The phenomenon of erosion is greater in the vicinity of residential areas where damages are larger and more sensitive. The most populated district in Albania, Tirana, is one of the most vulnerable in terms of soil erosion. The study of vegetation shows that interventions with negative effects on the forest environment from anthropogenic factors seem to be quite large. This study had as main goal the definition and categorization of erosion rates in natural environments of the forest economies of the Tirana, the rate of recovery of vegetation, slope of slope and rainfall index, which will serve as information and guidance on the land use by farmers, communes and the state regulatory officials, depending on the ownership of these woodland surfaces.