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Recent progress in the Structure-from-Motion (SfM) photogrammetric technique allows for the construction of high-resolution, low-cost topography data using remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveys. Here, we present the climatic effects on the hillslope erosion rate that can be obtained from the drainage frequency of hillslopes. We quantify the centimeter-scale accuracy of surveys across 72 badland hillslopes in SE Taiwan, which is a tropical monsoon area with an annual precipitation of over 2 m. Our observations indicate that climatic erosion results in a higher drainage frequency and the number of furrows, instead of drainage density. Additionally, the morphometric slope index (MSI) has a strong positive correlation with erosion and its rate but shows a negative correlation with drainage length and a positive correlation with inclination. This suggests that the erosion pattern is due to gravitational mass wasting instead of hydrological erosion. MSI should always be calculated relying on the normalized slope length and is less applicable to landslide-dominated erosion. We, therefore, suggest that UAV-driven digital elevation models (DEMs) are integrated into erosion mapping to aid in identifying erosion patterns. We highlight the unique opportunity for cross-climate zone comparative studies offered by badland landscapes and differential rainfall patterns, with remote sensing techniques and the morphometric slope index.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs11243051","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,20]],"date-time":"2019-12-20T03:19:36Z","timestamp":1576811976000},"page":"3051","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Badland Erosion and Its Morphometric Features in the Tropical Monsoon Area"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6951-5593","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ci-Jian","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 32001, Taiwan"}]},{"given":"Li-Wei","family":"Yeh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 32001, Taiwan"}]},{"given":"Yeuan-Chang","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 32001, Taiwan"}]},{"given":"Chia-Hung","family":"Jen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, CDTL, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung 82444, Taiwan"}]},{"given":"Jiun-Chuan","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 32001, Taiwan"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"132","DOI":"10.1016\/j.catena.2005.06.001","article-title":"Gully erosion: Impacts, factors and control","volume":"63","author":"Valentin","year":"2005","journal-title":"Catena"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Gomez, B., Banbury, K., Marden, M., Trustrum, N.A., Peacock, D.H., and Hoskin, P.J. 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