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

Environmental Systems Research

Table 4 Adopted values of RUSLE C-factors for different land use/cover in the Ethiopian highlands

Land-use/cover type	Cover factor (C)	References
Cultivated land (cereals, pulses)	0.15	Hurni (1985), Bewket and Teferi (2009)
Afro/sub afro-alpine	0.01	Bewket and Teferi (2009)
Bush/shrub	0.05	Tamene et al. (2014), Haregeweyn et al. (2013)
Open woodland/plantation forest	0.06	Eweg and van Lammeren (1996)
Bare land/soil	1	Eweg et al. (1998), Hurni (1985)
Grassland/grazing land	0.05	Hurni (1985), Bewket and Teferi (2009);
Water courses and beds	1