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Table 3 Erodibility (K) value of soils of Meki watershed

From: Enset-based land use land cover change detection and its impact on soil erosion in Meki river watershed, Western Lake Ziway Sub-Basin, Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Soil type

Soil code

Color of soils

K

Adopted by researchers

Vertisol

16851

Black

0.15

Asnake and Amare (2019), Bewket and Teferi (2009), Mekuria (2005), Hurni (1985)

Luvisol

16739

Brown

0.2

Cambisol

16932

Red

0.25

Leptosol

16808

Yellow

0.3

Fluvisol

16903

Brown

0.2

Water

16994

 

0.4

Hurni (1985)