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Table 6 Spatiotemporal area, trends and quantified each soil loss rate in the Zoa watershed during 1985–2021

From: Quantifying the impacts of spatiotemporal land use and land cover changes on soil loss across agroecologies and slope categories using GIS and RUSLE model in Zoa watershed, southwest Ethiopia

Mean soil loss rate (t ha−1 year−1)

1985

2000

2021

1985–2000

2000–2021

1985–2021

 

Area (ha)

%

Area (ha)

%

Area (ha)

%

Area (ha)

%

Area (ha)

%

Area (ha)

%

0–5

39,547.91

66.02

38,710.10

64.62

23,424.19

39.10

− 837.81

− 2.12

− 15,285.91

− 39.49

− 16,123.72

− 40.77

5–11

10,394.15

17.35

9382.03

15.66

12,470.63

20.82

− 1012.11

− 9.74

3088.60

32.92

2076.48

19.98

11–30

7385.82

12.33

6798.10

11.35

14,259.50

23.80

− 587.72

− 7.96

7461.40

109.76

6873.68

93.07

30–50

1336.93

2.23

1822.94

3.04

3553.40

5.93

486.01

36.35

1730.46

94.93

2216.47

165.79

 > 50

1236.99

2.07

3188.63

5.32

6194.08

10.34

1951.63

157.77

3005.45

94.26

4957.09

400.74

Total

59,901.8

100

59,901.8

100

59,901.8

100