Research Article

Statistical and SWAT Model-Based Performance Evaluation of RCMs in Modeling Streamflow and Sediment Yield at Upper Awash Sub-Basin, Ethiopia

Table 8

Sub-basins’ dominant land cover, surface runoff, and sediment loading rate.

Sub-basinsArea (km2)Land cover land use typesSUR_Q (mm)Sediment yield (ton/ha)

1381.0463% AGR, 30% FRST, 7% WATB206.9567.08
21047.8668% AGR, 32% RNGE207.5554.84
32095.7275% RNGE, 25% AGR282.39109.63
41047.8672% RNGE, 25% URBN229.421.099
595.26100% RNGE258.821.47
6571.5665% AGR, 23% FRSE, 12% URBN301.6184.11
7476.338% FRST, 48% AGR, 14% URBN232.1716.38
8666.8278% AGR, 22% RNGB293.2670.19
995.2670% AGR, 13% RNGE, 17% URBN111.8619.05
10476.351% AGR, 38% BARN, 11% RNGE251.1352.15
11476.3100% AGR152.1737.66
1267.0864% AGR, 36% RNGE162.7417.56
131619.4236% AGR, 62% RNGB258.9218.92