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Table 8 Land area in the percentage of soil erosion loss rate for 2015 and 2019 in two agroecologies

From: Landscape pattern analysis using GIS and remote sensing to diagnose soil erosion and nutrient availability in two agroecological zones of Southern Mali

Soil erosion rate

(t/ha/year)

Bougouni

Koutiala

Area (2015) (%)

Area (2019)

(%)

Change

Area (2015)

(%)

Area (2019)

(%)

Change

Low (< 5)

71.70

69.67

− 2.04

64.29

65.45

1.16

Moderate (5–11)

17.02

26.64

9.62

26.74

26.80

0.06

High (11–25)

10.67

3.43

− 7.24

8.35

6.57

− 1.78

Very High (25–50)

0.54

0.23

− 0.30

0.54

1.12

0.58

Severe > 50

0.07

0.03

− 0.05

0.08

0.06

− 0.02