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Table 5 Land management factor (P) values suggested by Wischmeier and Smith (1978)

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

Land use

Slope category (%)

P factors

References

Cultivated land

0–5

0.10

 Wischmeier and Smith (1978), Hurni (1985), Bewket and Teferi (2009), Gelagay and Minale (2016)

5–10

0.12

10–20

0.14

20–30

0.19

30–50

0.25

50–100

0.33

Other land use

All

1