Table 4 Monthly and annual soil loss (SL) of treatments and the relative effect (RE) of graded soil bund treated as compared to the non-treated plots

New soil bund (P_new)

Jun

5.75

− 63.69^a (− 52.6^b)

23.50

− 59.59^a (− 48.3^b)

July

11.53

− 54.51^a (− 44.2^b)

Aug.

5.74

− 61.27^a (− 49.3^b)

Sep.

0.48

− 77.75^a (− 67.1^b)

Old soil bund (P_old)

Jun

12.13

− 23.44

45.56

− 21.66

July

20.66

− 18.47

Aug.

11.31

− 23.65

Sep.

1.45

− 32.38

Non-treated (P_non)

Jun

15.85

-

58.15

-

July

25.34

-

Aug.

14.81

-

Sep.

2.14

-