Table 12 The soil moisture deficit and logging period of northern/Bilate catchment and Southwestern region/Lakes catchment in Abaya Chamo sub basin for the period from 1982 to 2021.
Severity | Bilate catchment | Lakes catchment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SSMI_1 | SSMI_3 | SSMI_1 | SSMI_3 | |||||
Nm | % | Nm | % | Nm | % | Nm | % | |
Extremely deficit soil moisture | 9 | 1.8 | 4 | 0.8 | 8 | 1.6 | 4 | 0.8 |
Severely deficit soil moisture | 92 | 19.1 | 98 | 20.4 | 95 | 19.7 | 98 | 20.4 |
Moderately deficit soil moisture | 64 | 13.3 | 57 | 11.8 | 70 | 14.5 | 69 | 14.3 |
Normal soil moisture | 158 | 32.9 | 164 | 34.1 | 150 | 31.2 | 146 | 30.4 |
Moderately logged soil moisture | 74 | 15.4 | 86 | 17.9 | 69 | 14.3 | 73 | 15.2 |
Highly logged soil moisture | 81 | 16.8 | 62 | 12.9 | 82 | 17.0 | 86 | 17.9 |
Excessive soil moisture | 2 | 0.4 | 7 | 1.4 | 6 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.4 |
