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Table 5 Land cover classes  (adopted from Yeneneh ea al. 2022) and their corresponding C- factor values in the Suha watershed

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

LU/LC class

Area (ha)

C_factor value and reference

1985

1999

2009

2019

values

References

Agricultural land

44,313.9

51,938.9

57,523.8

59,731.5

0.15

Gashaw et al. (2017), Hurni (1985)

Grazing land

25,762.2

18,272.3

11,329.5

7193.8

0.01

Gashaw et al. (2017), Tadesse and Abebe (2014)

Forest land

668.0

543.6

883.2

1076.5

0.001

Gashaw et al. (2017), Morgan (2005)

Shrub land

7441.3

6592.5

4364.5

3897.1

0.014

Gashaw et al. (2017)

Bare land

1417.7

1967.4

4854.5

6714.9

0.6

Belayneh et al. (2019)

Built up area

725.7

1016.9

1376.4

1719.7

0.09

Gashaw et al. (2017)