Applied and Environmental Soil Science

Review Article

Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Soil Erosion and Hydrological Responses in Ethiopia

Table 1

Previous studies on LULC change impact on soil erosion in Ethiopia.


Study catchments	Basin	Area (km²)	Study period	Model used	Major LULC change between study period	LULC change impact		References
						Impact indicators	Change between study period

Erer	Wabi Shebelle	3860.00	2000–2018	RUSLE	Cropland increased by 16.44%, and forest area and shrubland decreased by 1.57% and 16.8%, respectively	Mean rate of soil loss (t·ha⁻¹·year⁻¹)	+31.22	Woldemariam and Harka [26]

Guder	Blue Nile	466.54	1973–2015	RUSLE	Forest loss by 5.43%; and cropland increased by 4.42%	Mean rate of soil loss (t·ha⁻¹·year⁻¹)	+4.5	Kidane et al. [35]
						Total soil loss (million t year⁻¹)	+41
						Mean Sediment yield (t·ha⁻¹·year⁻¹)	+2.65

Andassa	Blue Nile	587.60	1985–2015	RUSLE	Forest area decreased by 1.59%, and cropland increased by 14.11%	Mean rate of soil loss (t·ha⁻¹·year⁻¹)	+19.5	Gashaw et al. [34]
						Mean sediment yield (t·ha⁻¹·year⁻¹)	+7.3

Winike	Omo Gibe	1091.8	1988–2018	InVEST SDR	Forest area decreased by 3.4%, and cropland increased by 13.59%	Total soil loss (thousand tons)	+176.35	Aneseyee et al. [66]
						Sediment yield (thousand tons)	+3.85

Yezat	Blue Nile	150.85	2001–2015	RUSLE	Shrubland decreased by 3.95%, and cropland increased by 2.6%	Mean rate of soil loss (t·ha⁻¹·year⁻¹) (2001–2010)	+0.5	Tadesse et al. [23]
						Mean rate of soil loss (t·ha⁻¹·year⁻¹) (2010–2015)	−2.9

Legedadi	Awash	203.18	1985–2013	RUSLE	Cropland increased by 18.3% and grazing land decreased by 25.74%	Mean rate of soil loss (t ha⁻¹·year⁻¹)	+12.02	Mariye et al. [36]
						Maximum annual soil loss (t ha⁻¹·year⁻¹)	+72.9

Rib	Blue Nile	1975.00	1986–2016	RUSLE	Cropland increased by 13.38%, and shrubland and grassland decreased by 5.92% and 6.28%, respectively	Mean rate of soil loss (t·ha⁻¹·year⁻¹)	+28	Moges and Bhat [37]
						Maximum annual soil loss (t·ha⁻¹·year⁻¹)	+570.5

Didessa	Blue Nile	9981.00	1986–2015	SWAT	—	Mean rate of soil loss (t·ha⁻¹·year⁻¹)	+20.9	Chimdessa et al. [24]
						Average monthly river flow (m³/s)	+10.6

Gelda	Blue Nile	262.64	2004–2014	RUSLE	Farmlands increased by 1.44% and forestland decreased by 1.1%	Mean rate soil loss (t·ha⁻¹·year⁻¹)	+16.3	Esa et al. [33]
						Mean sediment yield (%)	+16