Land use and land cover changes and Soil erosion in Yezat Watershed, North Western Ethiopia

• Published in: International Soil and Water Conservation Research Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 85 - 94
• Main Authors: Tadesse, Lemlem, Suryabhagavan, K.V., Sridhar, G., Legesse, Gizachew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2017; KeAi Communications Co., Ltd
• Subjects: algorithms; Biomass; Ethiopia; geographic information systems; GIS; grasslands; land cover; land use; land use and land cover maps; Land-use and land-cover; Landsat; livelihood; NDVI; normalized difference vegetation index; people; Remote sensing; Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation; risk; RUSLE; shrublands; shrubs; soil; soil erosion; sustainable land management; topography; vegetation cover; water resources; watersheds; woodlands; Ethiopia; GIS; Land-use and land-cover; RUSLE; Biomass; NDVI; Remote sensing

Soil erosion affects land qualities and water resources. This problem is severe in Ethiopia due to its topographic features. The present research was aimed to estimate spatiotemporal changes in land-use/land-cover pattern and soil erosion in the Yezat watershed in Ethiopia. This study was carried ou...