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Table 2 Data sources used for RUSLE model to estimate soil loss and sediment yield

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

Data type

Source

References

DEM

ASTER

USGS (http://gdex.cr.usgs.gov/gdex)

Soil

Abay Basin master plan project

MoWR (1998) (Abay Basin Master Plan)

Rain fall

Data from stations (1974–2019)

National Meteorological Agency, Ethiopia

LU/LC

Landsat analyzed images (1985–2019)

USGS (https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/)

C factor

Land use land cover classes

Own analysis

P factor

LU/LC class maps and slope map

Own analysis