Resource mapping of the Kabe Watershed
Pilot Project in Ethiopia, 2011-2013
Bekele Abebe and Mickias Woldesellassie (Wollo
University)
Workshop on the lessons and success stories from a
pilot project on climate change adaptation
interventions in Kabe watershed, south Wollo,
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 11-12 February 2013

Objectives
• To produce different thematic maps
– Watershed/Catchment delineation map
– Landuse /Land cover map
– Water resources (distribution of springs, wells,
rivers...) maps
– Soil types, Lithological/Structural maps
– Human and livestock population density map
– Agroclamatic zones/Altitude maps
– Climate change- rainfall and temperature
trends/projections maps

Methodology
• Satellite Data
– Office Work
– Ground Truthing
– Reinterpretation

Some of the maps generated

• Watershed
level  Assumption:
 In 1 House= 5 people lives

Elevation Map
• Both 30m DTED
and 20m
Contours used.
• Fall in the same
agroclimatic
zones

Soil Map
• Sampling
• Remote
Sensing

Landuse Landcover
Map
• Landsat?
• QuickBird
Image

Water Resource
Distribution Map
• Hand held GPS is
used to collect every
water resource sites

Average Total Rainfall Trend

Average Temperature Trend

Challenges
• Size of the area
• Climatic data gaps and Lack of Enough Data
• Historical Gage (River, Stream Yield) data