Research Article

Prioritization of Susceptible Watershed to Sediment Yield and Evaluation of Best Management Practice: A Case Study of Awata River, Southern Ethiopia

Table 13

Sediment reduction with filter strip simulation.

Hot spot subbasinAverage annual sediment loading (t/ha/year)Reduction (%)
BaselineAfter FS (1 m)

119.7216.9014.31
233.1828.0115.59
323.5221.0010.69
433.4928.6114.56
540.9932.4120.93
615.8013.6913.33
716.8113.7818.04
819.7715.9419.36
928.2023.5716.41
1040.5533.7816.71
1130.4623.3123.46
1231.6624.7921.69