Research Article

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

Table 14

Sediment reduction using grassed waterway simulation.

Hot spot subbasinAverage annual sediment loading (t/ha/year)Reduction (%)
BaselineAfter GWAT

119.7211.5341.56
233.1821.1236.35
323.5218.8619.81
433.4921.3636.22
540.9921.8246.75
615.8011.7025.96
716.819.8341.51
819.7711.3742.48
928.2021.3624.25
1040.5525.8636.23
1130.4615.4349.35
1231.6616.3248.44