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Table 2 The spatial relationship between landslides and conditioning topographic factors with Frequency Ratio (FR)

From: Topographic influence on landslides characteristics and implication for risk management in upper Manafwa catchment, Mt Elgon Uganda

 

No.pixel

No.Landslides (Di)

Area class km/sq. (Ai)

L.Density/class (Di/Ai)

∑Di/∑Ai

Frequency Ratio

Altitude (a.s.l) class

1282 - 1400

13,008

5

12.36292584

0.404435007

1.710574704

0.236432239

1400 - 1500

11,126

16

10.5742553

1.513108919

 

0.88456173

1500 - 1600

10,047

70

9.548763524

7.330792078

 

4.285572598

1600 - 1700

11,014

40

10.46780944

3.821238839

 

2.23389182

1700 - 1800

14,074

58

13.37606229

4.336104209

 

2.534881522

1800 - 1900

13,676

36

12.99779934

2.769699629

 

1.61916321

1900 - 2000

12,112

28

11.51135899

2.432380053

 

1.421966575

2000 - 2100

9303

13

8.841658909

1.470312317

 

0.859542886

2100 - 2200

7758

12

7.373276343

1.627499017

 

0.951434049

2200 - 4182

72,571

6

68.97216261

0.086991618

 

0.050855199

Slope angle

No.pixel

No.Landslides (Di)

area class km/sq. (Ai)

L.Density/class (Di/Ai)

∑Di/∑Ai

 

Very gentle

10,206

6

9.699878623

0.618564441

1.710574704

0.361612059

Gentle

19,837

20

18.85327182

1.060823829

 

0.620156387

Moderate

28,151

30

26.75497581

1.121286755

 

0.655502944

Moderately steep

57,364

117

54.51928643

2.146029555

 

1.254566404

Steep

41,468

85

39.41157816

2.156726626

 

1.260819899

Very steep

17,663

26

16.78708173

1.548809997

 

0.905432539

Plan curvature

Curvature class

No.pixel

No.Landslides (Di)

area class km/sq. (Ai)

L.Density/class (Di/Ai)

∑Di/∑Ai

FR

−11.696_ − 3.068

335

0

0.318387158

0

1.710574704

0

-3.068_ − 1.120

4729

10

4.494486185

2.224948434

 

1.300702289

-1.120_ − 0.423

24,905

47

23.66994681

1.985640288

 

1.160803023

-0.423_0.133

78,682

121

74.78011462

1.61807722

 

0.945926078

0.133_0.829

54,570

89

51.86384249

1.716031742

 

1.003190178

0.829_3.055

11,110

17

10.55904875

1.609993514

 

0.941200352

3.055_13.631

358

0

0.340246575

0

 

0

Slope Aspect

Bearing class

No.pixel

No.Landslides (Di)

area class km/sq. (Ai)

L.Density/class (Di/Ai)

∑Di/∑Ai

FR

North

17,469

31

16.6027023

1.867165925

1.710574704

1.091543047

Northeast

6197

15

5.889687226

2.546824547

 

1.488870694

East

6327

23

6.013240452

3.824892782

 

2.236027911

Southeast

16,089

54

15.29113729

3.531457404

 

2.064485927

South

26,672

37

25.34932027

1.459605213

 

0.707006618

Southwest

31,068

44

29.52732011

1.490145392

 

2.107682382

West

34,179

38

32.48404384

1.169805095

 

0.55501963

Northwest

36,688

42

34.8686211

1.204521391

 

0.704161817

Topographic Roughness Index

TRI class

No.pixel

No.Landslides (Di)

area class km/sq. (Ai)

L.Density/class (Di/Ai)

∑Di/∑Ai

FR

0–0.15

162

0

0.153966327

0

1.693003957

0

0.15–0.31

1968

3

1.870405754

1.6039301

 

0.947387066

0.31–0.40

11,542

20

10.96962562

1.8232163

 

1.076912001

0.40–0.50

80,264

140

76.28366234

1.8352554

 

1.084023076

0.50–0.60

71,764

105

68.2051822

1.5394725

 

0.909314156

0.60–1.00

10,802

16

10.26632264

1.5584938

 

0.920549403

Profile Curvature

No.pixel

No.Landslides (Di)

area class km/sq. (Ai)

L.Density/class (Di/Ai)

∑Di/∑Ai

FR

−25.20 - −5.50

214

0

0.203387618

0

1.710574704

0

-5.50 - −2.50

928

0

0.881979949

0

 

0

-2.50 - −1.12

5334

10

5.069483889

1.9725874

 

1.153172315

-1.12 - −0.41

25,179

44

23.93035899

1.8386686

 

1.074883552

-0.41 - 0.11

71,679

101

68.1243974

1.4825819

 

0.866715682

0.11–2.50

70,300

129

66.81378279

1.9307394

 

1.128708002

2.50–5.00

822

0

0.78123655

0

 

0

5.00–10.00

209

0

0.19863557

0

 

0

10.00–19.30

24

0

0.022809826

0

 

0