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Table 3 Water conservation site identification criterion

From: Flood risk analysis: causes and landscape based mitigation strategies in Dire Dawa city, Ethiopia

Structure type

Soil

Permeability

LULC

Slope

Drainage

Terracing

Sandy clay, clay loam, sandy loam

Medium, high

Bush land and shrub land

5–30

1st, 2nd order

Percolation Tank

Silty loam/ Clay loam

high

Bare/shrub land

< 10

2nd,/3 rd/4th order

Pond

Sandy loam

Silty loam

low

shrub

< 5%

1st order

Check Dam

Sandy clay loam

low

Bare/ shrub

< 15%

5th and 6th order

Nala bunds

Silty loam

low

Bare/ shrub

< 10

3 rd and 4th order

Storage tank

Silty loam, clay

low

Bare

< 30

2nd, 1st and 2nd order