Degradation due to erosion, salinity, waterlogging, contamination, etc. reduces the quality of land. Soil and water resources are affected initially then the bioresources. Uncontrolled degradation processes lead to
desertification of land and the ecosystem functions are disturbed. In India, soil erosion has produced maximum degraded lands due to mismanagement and indiscriminate use of land resources. Monitoring of
land degradation status is essential to take appropriate and timely soil-conservation measures. Numerous soil and land-quality indicators are used to assess the degradation status. In this study, an attempt has been
made to select a few reliable indicators using multivariate statistical tools. Eroded land of southern Karnataka was selected for the study using remotely sensed satellite imageries.