Table 4: Slope change after construction of PSWC measures in highlands of Ethiopia.

PSWC Structure

Study site

Age (Year)

plot

Before (%)

After (%)

Slope change (%)

Refrencess

Stone bund

Maego Watershed

7

50

15.54

11

29.2%

Dimtsu, et al. [20]

 

Stone bund+ Trench

Maego Watershed

7

50

20

15

25%

Stone bunds

Dogu’a Tembien district

> 3

202

14.1

11.2

20.6%

Gebremichael, et al. [13]

Soil bund

Banja Shikudad District,

9

4

21

12

42.8%

Amdemariam, et al. [26]

Stone-faced soil bund

Lole Watershed

10

3

19.5

8

58.9%

Guadie, et al. [27]

 

Soil bund

Lole Watershed

10

3

19.5

7.16

63.2%