Research Article
Prioritization of Susceptible Watershed to Sediment Yield and Evaluation of Best Management Practice: A Case Study of Awata River, Southern Ethiopia
Table 5
Summary of calibrated best flow parameters.
| No. | Parameter | Description of parameter | Range | Fitted value |
| 1 | R_CN2.mgt | SCS runoff curve number | ±0.2 | 0.0097 | 2 | V_HRU_SLP.hru | Average slope steepness | 0-1 | 0.3170 | 3 | V_RCHRG_DP.gw | Deep aquifer percolation fraction | 0-1 | 0.1389 | 4 | V_CANMX.hru | Maximum canopy storage | 0–100 | 0.7525 | 5 | V_ALPHA_BF.gw | Baseflow alpha factor | 0-1 | 0.7273 | 6 | R_SOL_K.sol | Saturated hydraulic conductivity | ±0.25 | -0.2260 | 7 | R_SLSUBBSN.hru | Average slope length | ±0.25 | 0.1133 | 8 | R_SOL_AWC.sol | Available water content of soil | ±0.25 | -0.2388 | 9 | V_GW_DELAY.gw | Groundwater delay | 100–500 | 372.77 | 10 | V_CH_N2.rte | “N” value for main channel | −0.01–0.3 | 0.088 | 11 | V_CH_K2.rte | “K” of main channel alluvium | −0.01–500 | 260.267 | 12 | V_SURLAG.bsn | Surface runoff lag time | 0.05–24 | 11.55 |
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