Impacts of land use/land cover and climate changes on soil erosion in Muga watershed, Upper Blue Nile basin (Abay), Ethiopia

• Published in: Ecological processes Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 68
• Main Authors: Belay, Tatek, Mengistu, Daniel Ayalew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2021; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: adverse effects; basins; Cellular automata–Markov; climate; Climate change; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Environmental impact; Environmental policy; Erosion rates; Ethiopia; Impact; Investment; Investments; Land cover; Land use; Land use management; Land use planning; Land use/land cover; Landsat; Landsat satellites; Markov chains; Mathematical models; Rain; Rainfall; Remote sensing; Satellite imagery; Soil erosion; Synergistic effect; vegetation; Watersheds; Ethiopia; Impact; Climate change; Soil erosion; Cellular automata–Markov; Land use/land cover

Background Soil erosion is one of the major threats in the Ethiopian highlands. In this study, soil erosion in the Muga watershed of the Upper Blue Nile Basin (Abay) under historical and future climate and land use/land cover (LULC) change was assessed. Future LULC was predicted based on LULC map of...