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Table 3 Soil units, colors and their corresponding K factor value

From: Soil erosion mapping and severity analysis based on RUSLE model and local perception in the Beshillo Catchment of the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

Dominant soil types

Landform facet

Dominant soil color

K value

Lithic Leptosols

Sloping land, crests and ridges, and rock outcrops

Brown or yellowish (7.5YR 4/3)

0.25

Eutric Cambisols

Undulating plains and plateaux

Very dark gray (10YR 3/1)

0.2

Eutric Vertisols

Flat to almost flat topography

Very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2)

0.15

Eutric Regosols

Rolling plains, side slopes and dissected plateau

Very dark brown (10YR 2/2)

0.15

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