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Table 1 Monthly and annual rainfall (RF), runoff (R), runoff coefficient (RC), and the relative effect (RE) of conservation measures

From: Runoff and soil loss responses of cultivated land managed with graded soil bunds of different ages in the Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia

Treatment

Monthly

Annually (four months)

Month

RF (mm)

R (mm)

RE (%)

RC (%)

RF (mm)

R (mm)

REc (%)

RC (%)

New soil bund (Pnew)

Jun

293.6

38.53

− 60.13a (− 49.5b)

13.12

1544

479.85

− 34.94a (− 25.56b)

31.08

July

509.3

175.55

− 32.73a (− 23.1b)

34.47

Aug.

483.5

198.10

− 25.98a (− 18.0b)

40.97

Sep.

257.6

67.67

− 39.72a (− 31.2b)

26.27

Old soil bund (Pold)

Jun

293.6

76.50

− 20.84

26.06

1544

644.61

− 12.60

41.75

July

509.3

228.28

− 12.53

44.82

Aug.

483.5

241.49

− 9.77

49.95

Sep.

257.6

98.34

− 12.40

38.18

Non-treated (Pnon)

Jun

293.6

96.64

-

32.91

1544

737.51

-

47.77

July

509.3

260.98

-

51.24

Aug.

483.5

267.63

-

55.35

Sep.

257.6

112.26

-

43.58

  1. RF is total monthly and annual rainfall depth (in millimeters), R is total monthly and annual runoff depth (in millimeters), RE is the relative effect of treatments on runoff (in percent), RC is the monthly and annual runoff coefficient (in percent), “a” and “b” are the relative effects of Pnew as compared to Pnon and Pold, respectively
  2. cThe relative effect is calculated by considering the runoff from non-treated plot 100%