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Table 1 Average annual rainfall and rainfall erosivity (R) of sub-catchments of the northern catchment of Lake Tana (1997–2018)

From: Estimation of soil loss using remote sensing and GIS-based universal soil loss equation in northern catchment of Lake Tana Sub-basin, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Northwest Ethiopia

Northern catchment of Lake Tana

Average Annual Rainfall (mm)

R (MJ mm ha−1 h−1 year−1)

Sub-catchment

Area (ha)

Min

Max

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Mean

SD

Gabi Kura

56,341

618.2

2092.5

940.4

283.2

335.3

1146.2

512.7

156.2

Derma

60,118

689.5

2105.9

1337.3

338.2

374.5

1153.5

731.2

186.2

Megech

80,727

944.1

3282.9

1807.3

378.0

515.1

1850.3

989.7

208.0

Gumero

54,029

971.4

3121.4

1610.2

432.9

529.6

1712.1

881.2

238.3

Garno

41,016

1005.0

1261.8

1089.0

50.1

548.1

687.8

594.2

27.6