Research Article

Prioritization of Erosion Hotspot Microwatersheds for Conservation Planning Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques in Antsokia-Gemiza District of North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia

Table 1

Types of data used and its source.

NoData typesData sources

1Field data (existing soil and water conservation measures and GCP data)Collected through direct field survey using GPS
2Digital Elevation Model (DEM)USGS earth explorer
3LANDSAT 8 (OLI) image dated Jan 25/2020 with spatial resolution of 30 m × 30 m (Path:168 and Row:053)USGS earth explorer
4Topographic mapEthiopian Geospatial Information Institute (EGII)
5Soil dataDebre Brehan Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia and African Soil Information System/service (AFSIS): https://africasoils.net/
6Satellite rainfall product (CHIRPSv2) with a spatial resolution of 0.05 × 0.05°, from 1981 to presenthttps://chg.geog.ucsb.edu/data/chirps/.