Research Article
Prioritization of Susceptible Watershed to Sediment Yield and Evaluation of Best Management Practice: A Case Study of Awata River, Southern Ethiopia
Table 16
Summary of sediment reduction with the simulation of terracing.
| Hot spot subbasin | Average annual sediment loading (t/ha/year) | Reduction (%) | Baseline | After terracing |
| 1 | 19.72 | 7.24 | 63.30 | 2 | 33.18 | 19.68 | 40.70 | 3 | 23.52 | 16.92 | 28.07 | 4 | 33.49 | 20.75 | 38.03 | 5 | 40.99 | 18.57 | 54.69 | 6 | 15.80 | 10.37 | 34.37 | 7 | 16.81 | 8.91 | 47.01 | 8 | 19.77 | 9.80 | 50.43 | 9 | 28.20 | 16.20 | 42.54 | 10 | 40.55 | 22.86 | 43.63 | 11 | 30.46 | 11.85 | 61.10 | 12 | 31.66 | 13.77 | 56.50 |
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