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Table 5 Land cover factor assigned

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

Land cover

C value

Source

Cultivated and Degraded

0.15

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

Forest and other natural vegetation

0.001

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

Enset

0.02

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

Grass

0.05

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

Eucalyptus

0.05

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

Bush and chat

0.1

Tamene et al. (2014), Haregeweyn et al. (2013), Bewket and Teferi (2009), Mekuria (2005), Hurni (1985)

Built up

0.6

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