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Table 2 Adopted values of “rusle_c” factor for different LULC classes

From: Environmental implications of soil erosion and sediment yield in Lake Hawassa watershed, south-central Ethiopia

LULC type

“Rusle_c” values

References

Lake

0

Girma and Gebre (2020)

Cultivated land

0.15

Hurni (1985), Bewket and Teferi (2009)

Shrubland

0.05

Tamene et al. (2014), Haregeweyn et al. (2013)

Woodland

0.06

Eweg and van Lammeren (1996)

Forest

0.01

Hurni (1985); Zerihun et al. (2018)

Grassland

0.05

Hurni (1985), Bewket and Teferi (2009);

Agroforestry

0.06

Eweg and van Lammeren (1996)

Wetland

0.001

Wischmier and Smith (1978); Hurni (1985) and Kaltenrieder (2007)

Bareland

1

Eweg et al. (1998); Hurni (1985)

Built-up

0.05

Moges and Bhat (2017)