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Table 7 Field measurement result on gully erosion

From: Assessment of drivers and dynamics of gully erosion in case of Tabota Koromo and Koromo Danshe watersheds, South Central Ethiopia

Name of watersheds

ID of the gully

Length (m)

Width (m)

Depth (m)

W/D ratio

Volume of soil lost (m3)

Age of the gulley

Koromo Danshe Micro watershed

G1

263

9

10

0.9

22,355

17

G2

1559

17

15

1.49

395,206

50

G3

355

6

11

0.7

26,838

48

G4

480

13

9

1.4

55,944

48

G5

1541

9

11

1.5

144,083.5

35

G6

550

5

6

0.8

17,490

20

G7

712

8

13

1.1

75,358.08

24

Soil loss

     

737,274. 6

 

Tabota Koromo Micro watershed

G8

600

8.5

8.75

1.14

44,625

49

G9

1055

14

9

1.6

135,862

50

G10

1020

9

11

0.9

96,390

49

G11

861

7

8

0.8

45,116

48

G12

500

6

7

0.9

21,515

18

Soil loss

     

343,508

 

Total soil loss

     

108,0782.6

 
  1. Source: Field measurement