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

Environmental Systems Research

Table 8 Comparison of soil loss estimations with results of various studies conducted in Ethiopia

Study area	Mean annual precipitation (mm)	Mean annual soil loss (tha⁻¹ year⁻¹)	References
Northern catchment of lake Tana	1453	37.89	This study
Ribb watershed, lake Tana basin	2004	39.80	Estifanos (2014)
Gumara watershed, lake Tana basin	2078	42.67	Belayneh et al. (2019)
Upper Blue Nile basin	1680	16.0 and 27.50	Daniel et al. (2015), Haregeweyn et al. (2017)
Dembecha, Blue Nile basin	1531	49.00	Zerihun et al. (2018)
Koga watershed, Blue Nile basin	1640	42.0 and 47.40	Tegegne and Biniam (2017), Gelagay and Minale (2016)
Beshillo catchment, Blue Nile basin	930	37.90	Yesuph and Dagnew (2019)
Gelana sub-watershed, Northern highlands	1024	24.30	Miheretu and Yimer (2017)
Guder sub watershed,Central highlands	1445	30.30	Kidane et al. (2019)
Ethiopian Highlands as a whole	Variable	100.00	FAO (1986)