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Table 1 Study sites geographical location, soil type, rainfall and elevation

From: Check dams and storages beyond trapping sediment, carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation, Northwest Ethiopia

Study sites/

watersheds

X coordinate (m)

Y coordinate (m)

Soil type

Mean annual rainfall (mm)

Elevation (m a.s.l.)

Segno Gebeya

410,030

1,204,435

Nitosols

1200

2633

Woybila

410,018

1,206,409

Nitosols

1200

2685

Shehana Borkena

584,808

1,209,121

Cambisol

850

1517

Tigrie Mender

533,579

1,330,784

Cambisol

870

2994

Worka Wotu

532,482

1,328,381

Cambisol

870

2821

Dodota

609,971

1,233,275

Cambisol

800

1627

Enchet Kab

402,452

1,449,577

Eutric Leptosol

1200

3135

Wuha Chale

591,772

1,259,992

Regosol

900

2100

Rim/Debre Yakob

305,992

1,247,808

Nitosols

1395

2130

Minizr/Adibera

308,594

1,250,757

Vertisol

1215

2100

Gosheye

333,102

1,238,122

Nitosols

1250

2353

Debre Mewi

327,021

1,254,831

Vertisol

1080

2230

Debre tabor

395,600

1,309,735

Leptosols

1384

2712

Bure

288,034

1,193,482

Nitosols

1365

2534