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TABLE 12.4
Effects of 1997-1998 El Niño-Induced Landslides on Crop Land in Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania
Area of
Damaged
Cropland (m
2
)
Total Damaged
Cropland
Area (m
2
)
Percent of
Damaged Crop
Land (%)
Volume
of Soil
Loss (m
3
)
Total Volume
of Soil
Loss (m
3
)
Rate of Soil
Loss (Mg/ha/
year)
Land Unit
Land Use
N
Debris slopes
Beans, maize, pigeon peas,
vegetables
250
1240
38
103
557.8
8.3
9
Amphitheaters
Vegetables, bananas
94
414
13
418
618.7
123.7
5
Incisions and
V-shaped valleys
Bananas
510
1618
49
532
1286.6
13.8
8
Source:
Kimaro, D.N. 2003. Assessment of major forms of soil erosion in the Morningside catchment, Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania. PhD thesis, Sokoine University of
Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania p. 264. Author's own unpublished PhD thesis.
Note:
N
, number of observations.
