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Table 10 Mean soil loss and SY of sub watersheds

From: Quantify soil erosion and sediment export in response to land use/cover change in the Suha watershed, northwestern highlands of Ethiopia: implications for watershed management

No

Sub watershed

Area (ha)

Rate of soil loss(t ha−1 yr−1)

Mean SY (t ha−1 yr−1)

1985

1999

2009

2019

1985

1999

2009

2019

1

Sw1

1901.1

16.3

28.1

46.8

46.3

4.2

7.3

12.2

12.0

2

Sw2

8017.6

19.0

32.9

48.2

43.2

4.9

8.5

12.5

11.2

3

Sw3

1803.6

19.8

38.1

39.8

43.0

5.1

9.9

10.4

11.2

4

Sw4

7049.5

15.1

26.9

37.1

39.3

3.9

7.0

9.7

10.2

5

Sw5

4942.9

10.7

16.2

20.3

20.1

2.8

4.2

5.3

5.2

6

Sw6

2112.9

9.2

11.4

14.4

14.3

2.4

3.0

3.7

3.7

7

Sw7

6033.9

10.1

16.6

21.1

21.5

2.6

4.3

5.5

5.6

8

Sw8

3366.4

11.0

13.3

16.3

17.1

2.9

3.4

4.2

4.4

9

Sw9

1617.4

9.3

11.2

13.2

13.1

2.4

2.9

3.4

3.4

10

Sw10

3217.2

8.5

11.0

13.6

14.3

2.2

2.9

3.5

3.7

11

Sw11

2912.6

6.3

9.3

12.3

12.6

1.6

2.4

3.2

3.3

12

Sw12

7195.7

8.1

11.1

13.2

12.7

2.1

2.9

3.4

3.3

13

Sw13

3436.7

17.4

19.9

41.7

38.0

4.5

5.2

10.8

9.9

14

Sw14

2568.3

22.1

26.3

44.4

47.3

5.7

6.8

11.5

12.3

15

Sw15

1810.9

20.1

18.5

51.6

56.4

5.2

4.8

13.4

14.7

16

Sw16

956.3

21.6

33.1

45.4

45.9

5.6

8.6

11.8

11.9

17

Sw17

4643.1

26.6

32.7

51.8

47.0

6.9

8.5

13.5

12.2

18

Sw18

827.5

27.4

33.8

69.5

64.6

7.1

8.8

18.1

16.8

19

Sw19

4075.4

15.2

21.8

26.2

25.5

3.9

5.7

6.8

6.6

20

Sw20

2374.6

23.8

33.0

40.2

41.8

6.2

8.6

10.5

10.9

21

Sw21

1402.2

18.9

23.9

40.6

40.6

4.9

6.2

10.6

10.6

22

Sw22

2523.8

18.5

22.6

32.6

30.0

4.8

5.9

8.5

7.8

23

Sw23

2953.7

25.6

33.2

46.6

46.7

6.7

8.6

12.1

12.2

24

Sw24

1882.1

6.6

8.9

11.1

11.0

1.7

2.3

2.9

2.9

  1. SY sediment yield