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

Table 7

Priority rank of each microwatershed based on the erosion severity percentage.

Number of MW	Severity class coverage in (ha)						MW total area in ha	Area of H, V/H, S & E/S classes	Severity in %	Priority rank
	Low	Moderate	High (H)	Very high (V/H)	Severe(S)	Very severe (V/S)
MW1	901.56	529.67	306.10	171.45	162.62	1370.55	3441.95	2010.71	58.42	10
MW2	867.18	510.53	465.37	273.76	199.70	564.15	2880.68	1502.97	52.17	11
MW3	2074.74	760.03	881.12	528.00	365.57	2920.92	7530.38	4695.60	62.36	7
MW4	715.06	573.16	396.05	435.26	284.63	742.19	3146.35	1858.13	59.06	8
MW5	359.25	344.85	363.43	198.21	84.84	363.99	1714.56	1010.47	58.93	9
MW6	916.33	223.21	151.28	71.37	32.25	140.87	1535.31	395.77	25.78	12
MW7	642.21	818.11	754.55	567.22	347.35	1908.40	5037.84	3577.53	71.01	5
MW8	967.72	713.48	742.29	710.41	434.98	1693.75	5262.63	3581.43	68.05	6
MW9	10.59	44.42	102.68	231.66	144.50	442.04	975.90	920.89	94.36	2
MW10	14.22	77.03	212.80	361.57	249.13	1599.52	2514.28	2423.02	96.37	1
MW11	76.38	178.60	344.66	277.47	195.70	1306.62	2379.44	2124.45	89.28	3
MW12	18.96	105.56	178.97	110.86	100.92	563.59	1078.86	954.34	88.46	4