Cont Min Petrol 166(2):351370, Nyssen J, Poesen J, Moeyersons J, Deckers J, Haile M, Lang A (2004) Human impact on the environment in the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlandsa state of the art. PubMedGoogle Scholar. This is observed at Northern parts of the watersheds (Alicho wuriro). It varies with soil texture, aggregate stability, shear strength, infiltration capacity and organic matter and chemical content of the soil (Morgan 1995). According to the assessment and documentation report of Bekele et al. /ItalicAngle 0 The fifth soil group is Lithosols found primarily in the Denakil Plain. Similarly, the finding of setegn et al. Based on the modeling, Soil Conservation Research Project (SCRP) estimated that about 1.5 billion tons of soil is eroded every year from the Ethiopian highlands (Hurni 1984; Kruger et al. Finally, the aggregated effects of Lithosols were defined as: "soils other than Histosols that were limited in depth by continuous coherent and hard rock within 10 cm of the soil surface." occurrence in South America In South America: Soils slopes are often steep, and lithosols (shallow soils consisting of imperfectly weathered rock fragments) abound, accounting for another 10 percent of the continent's surface. Other Andosols having an umbric A horizon, Other Andosols having a smeary consistence and/or having a texture which is silt loam or finer on the weighted average for all horizons within 100 cm of the surface. This ecoregion lies mainly between sea level and 800 meters (m) elevation. /Widths [ 278 0 0 0 0 889 667 0 333 333 0 0 278 333 0000004763 00000 n Aside from this, the trees produces a milky substance, which is used for ink, for the purpose of writing charms, to be worn on any part of the body as a cure for those possessed by evil spirits, and to prevent their entering those who are not previously tormented with them. The milk of the genwarar was also used in the treatment of lingering sickness. %%EOF 17, Washington, Corti G, Manetti P (2012) Geologia e paesaggi della rift valley in Ethiopia. ARENOSOLS (Q) Soils of coarse texture consisting of albic material occurring over a depth of at least 50 cm from the surface, or showing characteristics of argillic, cambic or oxic B horizons which, however, do not qualify as diagnostic horizons because of the textural requirements; having no diagnostic horizons other than (unless buried by 50 cm or more new material) an ochric A horizon. 278 278 556 556 556 556 556 556 556 556 556 556 278 278 0 0 Mean annual rainfall varies from less than 100mm close to the coast to around 200mm further inland. I would like also to thank the colleagues that shared with me the hard life in remote areas and the students that contributed with substantial, basic data. /LastChar 233 [2], The region is extremely active tectonically, and it experiences many earthquakes associated with the continuing enlargement of the Rift Valley. There are different types of soils as a result of the difference in geological formation, glaciations, topography, and climate. 2023 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T30402A95306943. Soil OC was analyzed by wet digestion method (Walkley and Black 1934), and total N was determined by a modified micro- Simien Mountains National Park, home to several endangered species, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1978. Soil erosion has on-site and off-site effect; soil quality and productivity as on-site effect (Haregeweyn et al. [dubious discuss][5]. In: Proceedings of 4th international conference on soil conservation, Maracay, Venezuela, 39 November, pp 654674, Hurni H (1993)Land degradation,faminesandresource scenariosin Ethiopia. Dijo watershed is located in Rift valley Basin of Ethiopia. Agriculture is the main source of income in Ethiopia. Leuven, Relief Society of Tigray, Africa Museum and Tigray Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nyssen J, Frankl A, Haile M, Hurni H, Descheemaeker K, Crummey D, Ritler A, Portner B, Nievergelt B, Moeyersons J, Munro N, Deckers J, Billi P, Poesen J (2014) Environmental conditions and human drivers for changes to north Ethiopian mountain landscapes over 145years. Correspondence to GREYZEMS (N)Other soils having a mollic A horizon with a moist chroma of 2 or less to a depth of at least IS cm, showing bleached coatings on structural ped surfaces. Mangroves occur along the coast, in muddy wadi mouths and inlets. Especially of note is the 2,000m high escarpment extending in a southwest to northeast axis. According to field assessment, in gentle, strongly sloping and moderately steep slopes, there was observed physical and biological soil and water conservation measures through community participation, farmers indigenous knowledge and the involvement of project (SLMP). Soil acidity is the problem of agricultural activities in Ethiopian highlands (cultivated lands). Eight factors/parameters such as soil type, soil depth, soil texture, soil drainage, slope, distance from a water supply, and land cover were used to evaluate the suitability of the area for surface irrigation. Lack of moisture and shallow profile preclude cultivation of these soils. examining different topographic and anthropogenic factors for the planning and Major soil types and Soil Erodibility (K_factor) map of the study area. stratified without definite profile) and lithosols (shallow soils consisting of imperfectly weathered rock fragments)occupy much of the Andean massif. 1.1 and to Lorenzo Orioli for the information and photos of the Sanetti Plain. Int J Water Resour Environ Eng 11(8):143158. Ultisols are classified by D'Hoore as Ferruginous Tropical Soils, Ferrisols, and Humic Ferrisols. 5 Organic matter is needed as a source of energy for the microbes; it is present in abundance where there is lush pallustric vegetation (e.g. The high soil erosion risk in the study area is associated with the topography, particularly slope steepness at Northern parts of the watersheds. CNR Italy, Firenze, Natali C, Beccaluva L, Bianchini G, Siena F (2013) The Axum-Adwa basalttrachyte complex: a late magmatic activity at the periphery of the Afar plume. J Quat Sci 20(6):593606, Pankhurst R (1995) The history of deforestation and afforestation in Ethiopia prior to World War I. 722 778 667 0 722 667 611 0 667 944 0 667 0 0 0 0 /ItalicAngle -12 3 0 obj 2015). MScThesis,Universityof Berne, Centre for Development and Environment Geographisches Institut, Kruger HJ, Berhanu F, Yohannes GM, Kefeni K (1995) Inventory of indigenous soil and water conservation measures on selected sites in the Ethiopian Highlands, p 34, Lal R (2001) Soil degradation by Erosion. Worabe Agricultural Research Center, South Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopia, P. BOX. 1995). 0000003988 00000 n The k_value has been assigned to each soil type based on their colors (Table3) and the resulting shape file was changed into raster formats of 30m30m cell resolution. 64 years mean annual rainfall data for estimating . Use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate the slides or the slide controller buttons at the end to navigate through each slide. Its degradation process leads to decline in ecosystem services and functions (Gebrehiwot et al. Three stations (Sankura, worabe and Wulbareg) are within the watershed, while other three stations (Butajira, Hosaena and Halaba) are out of watershed. Molic Andosols covers (37.2%), Pellic vertisols (19.6%), Chromic luvisols (17.2%), Haplic phaeozems (17.1%), Eutric cambisols (7.6%) and Lithosols (1.3%). Livistona carinensis. Uniquely Ethiopian and among the most endangered species are the walia ibex of the Simien Mountains, the mountain nyala (a kind of antelope), and the Simien jackal. C factor for the study watershed ranges from 0.04 to 0.17. - 159.203.63.113. Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative, Over 10 million scientific documents at your fingertips, Not logged in 2019). household uses due to increasing population ultimately lead to severe soil The soil erosion of Dijo watershed relative to land use, soil types and slopes varied. The authors have not declared any conflict of interests. Protected areas include Yangudi Rassa National Park and Mille-Serdo Wildlife Reserve in Ethiopia, Nakfa Wildlife Reserve in Eritrea, and the Djallo and Assamo terrestrial protected areas in Djibouti. Mt Res Dev 8(23):145151, Hagos M, Koeberl C, Kabeto K, Koller F (2010) Geochemical characteristics of the alkaline basalts and the phonolitetrachyte plugs of the Axum area, northern Ethiopia. The predominant vegetation dry shrub steppe and grassland. stream 2003). 61(23):122130. In the central highlands of Ethiopia, the main soil parent material is olivine basalt of tertiary age. 2003). Solonetz showing hydromorphic properties within 50 cm of the surface. The most notable is the Awash Riverof Ethiopiathat terminates in a series of lakes near the border with Djibouti. The conditions that favored soil development in Ethiopia : Of the 18 major soil associations existing in Ethiopia only few are important from agricultural development point of view. /Producer (PDF-XChange Printer V6 \(6.0 build 322.5\) [Windows 7 Enterprise x64 \(Build 7601: Service Pack 1\)]) Tigray livelihood papers no. The volcano is believed to have spread over more than 5000m2 and resulted in a thick sequence of basaltic lava some 3,000-3,500m thick that was deposited on Precambrian crystalline basement. [2], This ecoregion extends inland from the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, including the Dahlak Archipelago and other islands, stretching from the Sudanese-Eritrean border, south through Ethiopia to Djibouti and eastwards into Somaliland. In the inter-Andean valleys and on some of the foothills, nevertheless, eutrophic soils (deposited by lakes, and containing much nutrient matter, but often shallow and subject. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Human density, however, does not account for grazing animals. Therefore, the overall 6 0 obj 1 3} \right)^{0. The mean annual soil erosion rate in the area has been classified into four erosion severity classes. National Conservation Strategy Secretariat, Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tamene L, Vlek PL (2008) Soil erosion studies in northern Ethiopia. A personal overview. Springer, The Netherlands, pp 73100, Tefera MM (2011) Land-use/land-cover dynamics in Nonno district, central Ethiopia. 1). Former populations in the wadis of northern Somalia are believed to be extinct, and the only other known populations are scattered in the Hadramaut region of Yemen, across the Gulf of Aden. The sediment delivery ratio (SDR) denotes the ratio of the sediment yield at a given stream cross section to the gross erosion from the watershed upstream from the measuring point (Julien and Frenette 1998). Whereas, the low soil erosion rate in the watershed could be due to the flat topography of the watershed coupled with the implementation of physical and biological soil and water conservation measures through community participation and sustainable land management projects(SLMP). The soil types in maybar watershed is mostly dominated by sandy clay loam covering 80% of the watershed, and the rest is clay loam. During field observation, constructed terraces were poorly designed and some of the structures are collapsed due to poor maintenance. endobj Hydrobiologia 158:2967, Zanettin B, Bellieni G, Justin Visentin E (2006) Stratigraphy and evolution of the trachy-rhyolitic volcanism of the Senafe area (Eastern Eritrean Plateau). University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland, in association with the Ministry of Agriculture, Addis Ababa, Kelbessa E, Demissew S, Woldu Z, Edwards S (1992) Some threatened Endemic plants of Ethiopia. Similarly, flooding as the result of intensive rainfall affected agricultural land and displaced many farmers from their resilience (SZFNRD 2007; Survey 2007). Xerosols having an argillic B horizon; a calcic or gypsic horizon may underlie the B horizon, Other Xerosols having a gypsic horizon within 125 cm of the surface, Other Xerosols having a calcic horizon within 125 cm of the surface. Histosols having permafrost within 200 cm of the surface, Other Histosols having a Ph H2O, (1:5) of less than 5.5, at least in some part of the soil between 20 and 50 cm from the surface. /FontName /Arial-ItalicMT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PHAEOZEMS (H)Other soils having a mollic A horizon. Haile, 1987). Other soils having an argillic B horizon; having a base saturation which is less than 50 percent (by NH4OAc) in at least some part of the B horizon within 125 cm of the surface. pp 2762. Quiz. The c-values of croplands (0.15), mixed plantations (0.04), grasslands (0.05), woody savannas (0.08), Savannas (0.09), closed shrub lands (0.16), open shrub lands (0.17), with the mean values of 0.08 with standard deviation of 0.05 and maximum and minimum value of 0.17 and 0.04, respectively (Fig. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 From September to February is the long dry season known as the bega; this is followed by a short rainy season, the belg, in March and April. The impact of natural hazards like erosion can be minimized and 0000025719 00000 n 2003). Gleysols having permafrost within 200 cm of the surface, Other Gleysols having plinthite within 125 cm of the surface, Other Gleysols having a mollic A horizon or a eutric histic H horizon, Other Gleysols having an umbric A horizon or a dystric histic H horizon, Other Gleysols having one or more of the following: a calcic horizon or a gypsic horizon within 125 cm of the surface, or are calcareous at least between 20 and 50 cm from the surface, Other Gleysols having a base saturation (by NH4OAc) of less than 50 per-cent, at least in some part of the soil between 20 and 50 cm from the surface. Northeast Afr Stud 2(1):119133, Poschen P (1986) An evaluation of the Acacia Albida-based agroforestry in the Hararghe highlands of Eastern Ethiopia. /BaseFont /Arial-ItalicMT The shallow soil depth coupled with the sandy clay soil texture characteristics of Lithosols leads to low water-holding capacity soil which contributed for comparable soil loss with pellic vertisols. thesis, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, Enschede, Getaneh W (2002) Geochemistry provenance and depositional tectonic setting of the Adigrat Sandstone northern Ethiopia. The fourth group is composed of yermosols, xerosols, and other saline soils that cover desert areas of the Eastern Lowlands and the Denakil Plain. Tehinan Woreda. In general, 64,655ha (52.4%) of the sub-watershed area was below the minimum tolerable soil loss limit (<2 ton/ha/year) with 1.5 ton/ha/year average rate of soil loss. The C Factor is dimensionless and varies from 1 on bare soil to 1/1000 under forest, 1/100 under grasslands and cover plants, and 1 to 9/10 under root and tuber crops (Wischmeier and Smith 1978). This paper illustrates application of a locally produced geogrid material for strength improvement of expansive subgrade soil. /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding As a suggestion of floral richness, an estimated 825 to 950 species have been observed in Djibouti, although many of these have been found only in the small outlying patches of the Ethiopian montane forests. /Filter [/FlateDecode] (2009) also demonstrated that the catchments of Gilgel Abay, Gumara, Megech and Rib havehigh soil erosionrates with an averagesoilloss of 3065 ton/ha/year. In the two South Hemisphere ecoregions, soils on older substrata of uplands are generally highly leached lithosols in South Africa and by laterites and the process of podzolization in southern Australia; they have been exposed to weathering since the Paleozoic or even the Precambrian. Based on the classification, two sub watersheds fell under very low erosion severity classes (01 ton/ha/yr), 22 sub-watersheds fell under low erosion severity classes (15 ton/ha/yr). /Ascent 905 0000003302 00000 n The individual USLE parameters were estimated based on the procedures below. Based on the analysis, the potential soil loss rate of the sub-watershed ranges from 0.89 to 5.29 ton/ha/year. xZr}W#P%!}erH&-;0..+_ C\p0c&g4fi" Gf3{y~"X?P|/sI4$i7"~}tfo rv7WFs+sgoWjY_Tg%YpL`].w57{v=K}/ND*/~^F0Ex'e*$>zJPJp9y,j\jQl:{%`}FhF.qO. 22 sub-watershed classes (A, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, T, U, V, W, Y) falls under low erosion severity classes (15 ton/ha/year). >> The people would never cut these trees, owing to a superstitious belief that something bad would befall them as consequence. 7, Mekelle Zala-Daget Project, Mekelle University, K.U. Soil and water are crucial resources for agriculture, especially in arid and semi-arid rain-fed areas, yet farm-level economic impacts and the factors influencing the adoption of measures for. EurLex-2 in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia Abay Challa 1, *, Abdu Abdelkadir 2, Tefera Mengistu 2 . Part of Springer Nature. Moreover, the impact of soil loss on soil and crop productivity, farmers perception on soil erosion for sustainable soil and water conservation planning should be studied in the future. 15). The mean slope length and steepness factor of the study area is 0.56 with standard deviation of 0.50 and maximum and minimum values of 78.48 and 0, respectively (Fig. 722 778 667 0 722 667 611 722 667 944 667 667 611 0 0 0 /Widths [ 278 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 278 0 /Descent -212 Ethiopia has had a rich variety of wildlife that in some cases has been reduced to a few endangered remnants. 14,Lund, Sweden, Hurni H (1984) Soil erosion and soil conservation in agricultural ecosystems: ethiopia and northern. These outliers are part of the Day Forest and Mabla Mountains above 1,100 m in Djibouti. The total annual soil losses are 456,415.60 ton/year. XEROSOLS (X)Other soils having a weak ochric A horizon and an aridic moisture regime; lacking permafrost within 200 cm of the surface. The result is consistent with the finding of Bekele et al. Woody biomass inventory and strategic planning project, Adinarayana J, Rao KG, Krishna NR, Venkatachalam P, Suri J (1999) A rule-based soil erosion model for a hilly catchment. Environ Manag 50:679694. Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, You can also search for this author in Human population density is typically less than ten persons per square kilometer (km2). The lower value of P (0.1), the more effective the conservation practices. /AvgWidth 441 There are a number of dry habitat reptiles including the endemic geckos, Arnold's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus arnoldi) and Parker's pigmy gecko (Tropiocolotes somalicus). 0 They are par-ticularly common in mountain regions. The off-site effect also generates deposition of soil materials in the reservoirs, irrigation schemes and waterways downstream (Cerd and Doerr 2008). In Colombia, sandy yellow-brown azonal soils on slopes and in gorges are the base of the large coffee plantations. Google Scholar, Amsalu T, Mengaw A (2014) GIS based soil loss estimation using RUSLE model: the case of Jabi Tehinan Woreda, ANRS, and Ethiopia. Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Slope steepness is classified into five classes. Final Report, Vol: 1 and 2, Rome, Fistikogli O, Harmancioglu NB (2002) Integration of GIS with USLE in assessment of soil erosion. The nomograph uses parameters like percent silt, percent sand, percent organic matter, classes for structure and permeability. But, the data on rainfall kinetic energy and rainfall intensity are limited in Ethiopia to compute rainfall erosivity. Typically, Orthents are exceedingly shallow soils. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 326341, Sutcliffe JP (1993) Economic assessment of land degradation in the Ethiopian highlands: a case study. Fluvisols having a sulfuric horizon or sulfidic material, or both, at less than 125 cm from the surface, Other Fluvisols which are calcareous, at least between 20 and 50 cm from the surface, Other Fluvisols having a base saturation (by NH4OAc) of less than 50 percent, at least in some part of the soil between 20 and 50 cm from the surface, SOLONCHAKS (Z)Other soils having high salinity and having no diagnostic horizons other than (unless buried by 50 cm or more new material) an A horizon, an H horizon, a cambic B horizon, a calcic or a gypsic horizon, Solonchack showing hydromorphic properties within 50 cm of the surface, Other Solonchack showing takyric features, Other Solonchack having a mollic A horizon. 0000005613 00000 n This erosion has been observed at northern parts of the watersheds (Alicho wuriro. 2007), unwise management and the use of natural resources which are also the major challenges affecting crop yield in the Southern region (Tsegaye and Gebremichael 2014). The soils most commonly occurring are lithosols, calcareous regosols, cambrisols and chromic luvisols. Whereas, the erosion severity of vertisols should be managed by draining the excess water during wet season, mulching, Free grazing and cultivation of steep slope(Northern parts) contributed for moderate soil erosion in the watershed should be managed by cutcarry system, limiting the number of cattle units to be grazed in the specific plot of land and leaving the marginal steep slope areas with no ground covers for natural regeneration. LITHOSOLS (I) Other soils which are limited in depth by continuous coherent and hard rock within 10 cm of the surface. Extract from "Legend of the Soil Map of the World", 1974, UNESCO, Paris. 556 556 556 556 333 500 278 556 500 722 500 500 500 0 0 0 The current soil erosion level was compared with the tolerable soil loss limit to Ethiopian condition. Whereas the rest low and moderate soil erosion risk classes account 24.7% and 5.07%, respectively (Table8). 5, Table4). startxref (2020), the practices of wood check-dam, level soil bund, Graded soil bund, contour farming, infiltration pit, furrow making, bench terraces with tree Lucerne plantation, Gabions check-dam, mulching, contour farming, planting pit, leaving crop residues after crop harvest and intercropping contributed for low soil erosion in this area. Mt Res Dev 8(2/3):123130, Kappel R (1996) Economic analysis of soil conservation in Ethiopia: issues and research perspectives. 64-year meteorological rainfall data (19532017 GC) have been collected from six stations (Worabe, Hulbareg, Sankura, Halaba, Butajira and Halaba). According to the Fig. Samples of black, soft soil predominating the study area were. This region is extremely active tectonically, experiencing many earthquakes and intermittently active volcanoes. PubMedGoogle Scholar. Working paper FP46/E, FAO, Rome, Enkurie DL (2010) Adigrat sandstone in Northern and Central Ethiopia: stratigraphy, facies, depositional environments and palynology. Bagegnehu Bekele. Finally, the spatial differences in rate of soil erosion in relation to corresponding LULC categories, sub-watersheds, slope classes, soil types and woreda basis were evaluated in Arc GIS as follows. 2001). 0000017283 00000 n Longman Group, Har-low, Ozsoy G, Aksoy E, Dirim MS (2012) Determinationof soilerosionriskin the mustafakemalpasaRiverBasin,Turkey,usingthe reviseduniversalsoillossequation,geographicinformationsystem,andremotesensingJuly2012. where R is the rainfall erosivity factor and P is the mean annual rainfall (mm). Cosiaux, A., Welch, H., Gardiner, L.M., Welch, G. & Couvreur, T.L.P. RANKERS (U)Other soils having an umbric A horizon which is not more than 25 cm thick; having no other diagnostic horizons (unless buried by 50 cm or more of new material). /Type /Font Slider with three articles shown per slide. There are a few Ethiopian wolves. 9 0 obj /CapHeight 716 According to Hurni (1985), the tolerable soil loss limit for crop production for Ethiopian highland case is ranging from 2 to 18 tons/ha/year. 10). << Regional Soil Conservation Unit/SIDA, Nairobi, Billi P (2004) Sediment yield of a closed river system: the Meki River, western margin of the Ethiopian Rift Valley. Land degradation in the form of soil erosion is the major problems affecting agricultural productivity. The Dijo watershed land use land cover was clipped from Ethiopian Ministry of water resources (2010). Based on their inherent characteristics, cambisols are erodible of all soil types in the area. 0 0 0 556 0 0 0 556 0 0 0 0 0 0 222 0 Springer, Dordrecht. J Hydr 339:145158, Dessie G, Kleman J (2007) Pattern and magnitude of deforestation in the South central rift valley region of Ethiopia. 0 0 0 0 0 0 278]>> Lithosols are shallow soils consisting of imperfectly weathered rock fragments having sandy clay soil texture classes. 8 0 obj Volcanoes in the ecoregion are also intermittently active. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. /MaxWidth 2000 The finding shows that the estimated model result was by far lower than the previous model result, which could be due to positive effect of watershed management intervention at watershed scale and plot level in particular. Trop Ecol 45:209221, Stocking MA (1996) Soil erosion. Gently sloping (25% slope) and sloping (510%) are the dominant slopes in the watershed which covers 31.8% and 31.4% from the total watershed, respectively. 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