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Evaluation of the Impact of Stone Bunds on Soil Loss and Surface Runoff in the Gumara Maksegnit Watershed, Northern Highlands of Ethiopia.

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Title Evaluation of the Impact of Stone Bunds on Soil Loss and Surface Runoff in the Gumara Maksegnit Watershed, Northern Highlands of Ethiopia.
 
Creator Wakolbinger, Stefanie
 
Contributor Obereder, Eva Maria
Strohmeier, Stefan
Guzman, Gema
Demelash, Nigus
Gomez, Jose Alfonso
Zucca, Claudio
Klik, Andreas
 
Description Ethiopia is highly affected by land degradation and one of the key problems is soil erosion. It is mainly caused by
the rapid population increase, deforestation, low vegetation cover and unbalanced livestock and crop production.
As far as about 85% of the Ethiopian population life of agriculture, it is essential to prevent or reduce further
degradation.
In the Northern Highlands of Ethiopia stone bunds are widely used as a soil and water conservation measure
(SWC). Stone bunds are little embankments of stones along the contour lines and influence the translation
processes of surface runoff.
 
Date 2016-04-22
2017-02-13T00:37:12Z
2017-02-13T00:37:12Z
 
Type Conference Proceedings
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/tVCN5qk8
Stefanie Wakolbinger, Eva Maria Obereder, Stefan Strohmeier, Gema Guzman, Nigus Demelash, Jose Alfonso Gomez, Claudio Zucca, Andreas Klik. (22/4/2016). Evaluation of the Impact of Stone Bunds on Soil Loss and Surface Runoff in the Gumara Maksegnit Watershed, Northern Highlands of Ethiopia. Vienna, Austria.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5726
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher European Geosciences Union (EGU)