Gully Morphology and Rehabilitation Measures in Different Agroecological Environments of Northwestern Ethiopia
Joint Authors
Addis, Hailu Kendie
Adugna, Belayneh
Gebretsadik, Muuz
Ayalew, Baye
Source
Applied and Environmental Soil Science
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-12-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Earth Science , Water and Environment
Abstract EN
Gully erosion is a serious threat to the society and environment of the study, primarily caused by surface runoff and dramatically accelerated due to rugged topography and human induced factors.
Intensive measurements of gully characteristics were undertaken to investigate the morphologies of gully, while aiming for sustainable gully rehabilitation; therefore, a total of 63 gully samples from three different agroecologies were randomly observed.
The morphological variability of measured gullies was evaluated and the resulting CVs had been between 0.27 and 0.39 except for gully length, which had highest variability (CV = 1.10).
The highest gully length (2,400 m) and highest lower width (6 m) were observed on Dembia district, which might be due to the loose and pulverized condition of the soil.
The correlation matrices for many parameters of gully morphology in different districts of Semien Gondar showed several sets of significant relationships.
Some of the assessed gullies showed that appropriate physical gully control structures integrated with vegetative measures have resulted in a significant reduction of soil loss and stabilized the gully from further enlargement.
There could be various justifications for the success of these structures; however, the most important measures were vegetative management and exclusion of cattle.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Addis, Hailu Kendie& Adugna, Belayneh& Gebretsadik, Muuz& Ayalew, Baye. 2015. Gully Morphology and Rehabilitation Measures in Different Agroecological Environments of Northwestern Ethiopia. Applied and Environmental Soil Science،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052414
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Addis, Hailu Kendie…[et al.]. Gully Morphology and Rehabilitation Measures in Different Agroecological Environments of Northwestern Ethiopia. Applied and Environmental Soil Science No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052414
American Medical Association (AMA)
Addis, Hailu Kendie& Adugna, Belayneh& Gebretsadik, Muuz& Ayalew, Baye. Gully Morphology and Rehabilitation Measures in Different Agroecological Environments of Northwestern Ethiopia. Applied and Environmental Soil Science. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052414
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1052414