Research Article
Assessing Land Suitability for Rainwater Harvesting Using Geospatial Techniques: A Case Study of Njoro Catchment, Kenya
Table 2
Weightage and ranking for features.
| Layer | Weight | Feature class | Runoff generation rank | Rain water harvesting/storage site |
| Lineaments | 15 | Lineaments | 1 | 1 |
| Soil | 28 | Loam | 1 | 1 | Sandy clay loam | 2 | 2 | Sandy clay | 3 | 3 |
| Slope | 27 | >30% | 4 | 1 | 8–30% | 3 | 2 | 2–8% | 2 | 3 | 0–2% | 1 | 4 |
| Land use | 30 | Waterbody | 1 | 1 | Forest | 2 | 2 | Agriculture | 3 | 3 | Bare land | 4 | 4 | Built-up
| 5 | 1 |
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