Morphometric analysis and weighted sum priority based prioritization of micro-watershed, kiltie watershed, Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia
Getu Abey Denekewu, Derege Tsegaye Meshesha, Enyew Adgo Tsegaye · 2025
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Getu Abey Denekewu, Derege Tsegaye Meshesha, and Enyew Adgo Tsegaye rank Ethiopian micro-watersheds by erosion risk in a 2025 study. Soil erosion strips farmland across the upper Blue Nile basin. The team split the Kiltie watershed into ten micro-watersheds using satellite elevation data and measured twenty-seven shape, slope, and drainage traits for each. A weighted scoring method combined the traits into a single priority order.
The ranking tells conservation crews where terraces, bunds, and planting will pay off first. Shape-based screening is cheap: it needs no field visits to spot the most fragile ground. In a basin feeding the Nile, spending scarce conservation money in the right order has stakes far downstream.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Getu Abey Denekewu, Derege Tsegaye Meshesha, Enyew Adgo Tsegaye |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 80 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |