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Table 1 Frequency ratio value calculation by rationing landslide percentage to area percentage

From: Effect of Landslide Factor Combinations on the Prediction Accuracy of Landslide Susceptibility Maps in the Blue Nile Gorge of Central Ethiopia

Factor

Class

# landslide

% landslide

# area

% area

FRV =

  

Pixels

Pixels a

Pixels

Pixels b

(a/b)

Slope (°)

0 - 5

60

0.388

38089

8.770

0.04

 

5 - 10

333

2.151

87417

20.129

0.11

 

10 - 15

811

5.239

102933

23.702

0.22

 

15 - 20

1430

9.238

77279

17.794

0.52

 

20 - 30

4195

27.099

80829

18.612

1.46

 

30 - 40

4589

29.645

34095

7.851

3.78

 

40 - 67

4062

26.240

13645

3.142

8.35

Aspect

Flat

5

0.03

1234

0.284

0.11

 

N

424

2.74

29729

6.845

0.40

 

NE

1013

6.54

44175

10.172

0.64

 

E

2127

13.74

64829

14.928

0.92

 

SE

3136

20.26

60584

13.950

1.45

 

S

2306

14.90

52443

12.076

1.23

 

SW

3144

20.31

73195

16.854

1.21

 

W

2366

15.28

67137

15.459

0.99

 

NW

959

6.20

40961

9.432

0.66

Plan curvature

- 10.7829 - - 1.7917

620

4.005

2810

0.647

6.19

 

- 1.7917 - - 0.9103

1704

11.008

20924

4.818

2.28

 

- 0.9103 - - 0.1111

4986

32.209

154198

35.506

0.91

 

- 0.1111 - 0.1111

1724

11.137

78020

17.965

0.62

 

0.1111 - 0.5882

3117

20.136

121053

27.874

0.72

 

0.5882 - 1.3815

2315

14.955

49643

11.431

1.31

 

1.3815 - 11.7830

1014

6.550

7639

1.759

3.72

Profile curvature

- 10.9947 - - 2.3629

767

4.955

3648

0.840

5.90

 

- 2.3629 - - 1.0810

1984

12.817

23076

5.314

2.41

 

- 1.0810 - - 0.1154

4045

26.130

151550

34.896

0.75

 

- 0.1154 - 0.1154

1332

8.605

74725

17.206

0.50

 

- 0.1154 - 0.7991

3358

21.693

134940

31.072

0.70

 

0.7991 - 1.9956

2737

17.681

40629

9.355

1.89

 

1.9956 - 10.8837

1257

8.120

5719

1.317

6.17

Distance from river

0 - 100

5975

38.60

173853

40.032

0.96

(m)

100 - 200

3728

24.08

116838

26.903

0.90

 

200 - 300

2305

14.89

63633

14.652

1.02

 

300 - 400

1323

8.55

34376

7.916

1.08

 

400 - 500

810

5.23

19283

4.440

1.18

 

500 - 600

480

3.10

11048

2.544

1.22

 

600 - 700

350

2.26

6352

1.463

1.55

 

700 - 800

223

1.44

3866

0.890

1.62

 

800 - 900

102

0.66

2253

0.519

1.27

 

900 - 1000

49

0.32

1351

0.311

1.02

 

1000 - 1100

74

0.48

748

0.172

2.78

 

1100 - 1200

47

0.30

485

0.112

2.72

 

1200 - 1300

14

0.09

150

0.035

2.62

 

1300 - 1400

0

0.00

46

0.011

0.00

 

1400 - 1500

0

0.00

5

0.001

0.00

Factor

Class

# landslide

% landslide

# area

% area

FRV =

  

Pixels

Pixelsa

Pixels

Pixelsb

(a/b)

Distance from

0 - 200

11297

72.978

108715

25.033

2.92

Lineament (m)

200 - 400

2017

13.030

84627

19.486

0.67

 

400 - 600

930

6.008

61629

14.191

0.42

 

600 - 800

487

3.146

47825

11.012

0.29

 

800 - 1000

236

1.525

36076

8.307

0.18

 

1000 - 1200

169

1.092

26915

6.198

0.18

 

1200 - 1400

175

1.130

23374

5.382

0.21

 

1400 - 1600

119

0.769

18887

4.349

0.18

 

1600 - 1800

42

0.271

12387

2.852

0.10

 

1800 - 2000

6

0.039

7334

1.689

0.02

 

2000 - 2200

2

0.013

3926

0.904

0.01

 

2200 - 2400

0

0.000

1634

0.376

0.00

 

2400 - 2600

0

0.000

576

0.133

0.00

 

2600 - 2800

0

0.000

281

0.065

0.00

 

2800 - 3000

0

0.000

101

0.023

0.00

Land use

Agricultural land

7518

48.566

290914

66.987

0.725

 

Sparse forest

706

4.561

10747

2.475

1.843

 

Rural settlement

55

0.355

16384

3.773

0.094

 

Barren land

4085

26.389

12423

2.861

9.225

 

Bushes

2813

18.172

88635

20.409

0.890

 

River

0

0

10049

2.314

0

 

Dense forest

171

1.105

1347

0.310

3.562

 

Grass land

39

0.252

1357

0.312

0.806

 

Shrubs

93

0.601

999

0.230

2.612

 

Urban settlement

0

0

1432

0.330

0

Lithology

Quaternary soil

184

1.189

6221

1.432

0.83

 

Tertiary lower basalt

7733

49.955

94821

21.834

2.29

 

Mesozoic limestone

4011

25.911

129156

29.740

0.87

 

Mesozoic gypsum, Mudstone and shale

1170

7.558

140797

32.420

0.23

 

Mesozoic lower sandstone

2086

13.475

46758

10.767

1.25

 

Paleozoic sandstone

55

0.355

12044

2.773

0.13

 

Tertiary upper basalt

241

1.557

4490

1.034

1.51