Table 1 Geographic location, slope class, elevation and land use types in the profiles sites

Intensive cereal-livestock system (north-central highlands)

 ET_AJJIP001

10°39′33.407″N

37°19′29.398″E

2–5

2790

 ET_AMAMP001

11°24′26.593″N

37°3′36.276″E

2–5

2800

 ET_ASAA-P001

11°21′49.326″N

36°57′8.624″E

2–5

2446

 ET_ASAA-P002

11°20′21.373″N

36°55′52.203″E

15–30

1946

 ET_MTA-HBP1

9°26′23.008′’N

41°42′56.008″E

15–30

2272

 ET_GIR-GGP3

8^o11′36.640″N

36^o56′27.632″E

15–30

2954

Agroforestry-livestock system (south-western highlands)

 ET_JIMG-SLP2

7º46′36.005″N

36º24′33.012″E

2–5

1917

 ET_JIMG-WKP1

7º47′05.003″N

36º22′17.011″E

2–5

1932

 ET_BAK-AGP3

8º59′21.779″N

37º12′21.316″E

2–5

1665

 ET_JIMLS-SP2

8º11′36.640″N

36º56′27.632″E

15–30

1953

 ET_JIMG-GCP2

7º43′39.994″N

36º15′09.014″E

15–30

2025

 ET_ILUD-MMP1

8º29′07.994″N

36º20′05.014″E

15–30

2163