CORE ETHIO-GIS DATA SETS

WORKSPACE: ADMIN

COVERS

ETWERED01CO: Administrative boundary of Ethiopia (not authoritative); based on CSA Census data of
1994

FEATURE : Polygon

ITEMS:

WEREDA = Name of Wereda

REGION = Name of Region
ZONES = Name of Zone
POPURB = Urban population
POPRUR = Rural population
POPTOT = Total population
AREAKM2 = Area in sqkm
ELEVATION = Average elevation
AREA-LAK = Area of lake surface
RUPOPDE = Rural populationd Density
COR-PD-I = Modelled rural population density
POPTO-TXT = Total population as text string
AREA-TXT = Area as text string
POPDE-TXT = Rural population density as text string

EXAMPLE:

WEREDA = Ziquala
REGION = AMHARA
ZONES = WAG HIMRA
POPURB = 681
POPRUR = 48179
POPTOT = 48860
AREAKM2 = 3300.894
ELEVATION = 1576
AREA-LAK = 0.000
RUPOPDE = 14.6
COR-PD-I = 15
POPTO-TXT = 48860 Inh.
AREA-TXT = 3301 [sqkm]
POPDE-TXT = 15 [pers/sqkm]

ETREGIO01CO: Boundary of Administrative Regions of Ethiopia (not authoritative);

FEATURE : Polygon
 ITEMS:

REGION = Name of Region

EXAMPLE:

REGION = AMHARA

ETZONES01CO: Boundary Administrative Zones of Ethiopia

FEATURE : Polygon

ITEMS:

ZONE = Name of Zone

EXAMPLE:

ZONES = DEBUG WELLO

ETBOUND01CO: International boundary of Ethiopia (not authoritative)

FEATURE : Polygon
WORKSPACE: CLIMATE

COVERS

ETRAIST01CO: EMA-stations with monthly precipitation Data

FEATURE : Point

ITEMS:

TOWN-NAME = Town Name

STATION-CO = internal station code
JAN = Mean precipitation of January
FEB = Mean precipitation of February
MARCH = Mean precipitation of March
APRIL = Mean precipitation of April
MAY = Mean precipitation of May
JUN = Mean precipitation of June
JULY = Mean precipitation of July
AUG = Mean precipitation of August
SEPT = Mean precipitation of September
OCT = Mean precipitation of October
NOV = Mean precipitation of November
DEZ = Mean precipitation of December
RAIN-SUM = Mean annual precipitation
N-YEARS = Number of recorded Years
SPOT = Elevation in m asl.
PATTER = Rainfall pattern region
RAIN-MODEL = Result of Rainfall Model

EXAMPLE:

TOWN-NAME = Humera
STATION-CO = 89
JAN = 0.0
FEB = 0.0
MARCH = 0.0
MAY = 41.5
JUN = 112.3
JULY = 179.8
AUG = 176.3
SEPT = 80.5
OCT = 3.5
NOV = 0.0
DEZ = 0.0
RAIN-SUM = 599.3
N-YEARS = 4
SPOT = 600
PATTER = 11
APRIL = 5.5
RAIN-MODEL = 689.889

ETRAIPA01CO: FAO Rainfall Pattern Regions of Ethiopia

 FEATURE : Polygon

ITEMS:

PATTERN-G = Identification code of Rainfall Pattern Region

PATTER = Subclasses of Rainfall Pattern Region

EXAMPLE:

PATTERN-G = 5
PATTER = 51

ETISOHY01CO: Isohyets, 50 mm interval

FEATURE : Arc

ITEMS:

CONTOUR = Precipitation [mm]

EXAMPLE:

CONTOUR = 450
WORKSPACE: DTM

COVERS

None

GRIDS

ET-DTM-200 : Digital Terrain Model (DTM) of Ethiopia with 200 meter resolution

ITEMS:

VALUE = Elevation in m asl.

EXAMPLE:

VALUE = 1379

ET-HIL-200: Analytic Hillshading of Ethiopia with 200 meter resolution

ITEMS:

VALUE = Greyscale (0 – 255)

EXAMPLE:

VALUE = 127

ET-SLP-200: FAO / SOTER Slope classification of Ethiopia in 200 meter resolution

ITEMS:

VALUE = FAO /SOTER slope class (1 – 7)

EXAMPLE:

VALUE = 4

NOTE: FAO / SOTER slope classification: class 1: 0 % - 2 % Slope

class 2: 2 % - 5 % Slope
class 3: 5 % - 8 % Slope
class 4: 8 % - 15 % Slope
class 5: 15 % - 30 % Slope
class 6: 30 % - 60 % Slope
class 6: > 60 % Slope
WORKSPACE: HYDRO

COVERS

ETLAKE01CO: Lakes of Ethiopia

FEATURE : Polygon

ITEMS:

TYPE = Type of waterbody (lake / seasonally floded)

EXAMPLE:

TYPE = SEASONALLY FLODED

ETRIVER01CO: Rivers of Ethiopia

FEATURE : Arc

ITEMS:

TYPE = Type of river (river/ main river / stream)

CLASS = River class (1 – 3)

EXAMPLE:

TYPE = STREAM

NOTE: River classes (CLASS): 1 River

2 Main river
3 Stream

ETWSHED01CO: Watershed boundary’s (River basins) of Ethiopia

FEATURE : Polygon

ITEMS:

BASIN_NR = Identification code for basin

BASIN_NAME = Name of basin
BASIN = First to digits BASIN_NR, last digits hierarchy
SQKM = Area in sqkm
BASIN_COD = Identification code for each subbasin

EXAMPLE:
BASIN_NR = 21
BASIN_NAME = Awash
BASIN = 211
SQKM = 713
BASIN_COD = 12B9

NOTE: Basin_nr = 99 IS nodata code

WORKSPACE: INFRA

COVERS

ETROAD01CO: Road infrastructure of Ethiopia

FEATURE : Arc

ITEMS:

CLASS = Classification code of roads (4 – 8)

TYPE = Classification as text string

EXAMPLE:

CLASS = 3
TYPE = Motorable tracks (status uncertain)

NOTE: Road classes (CLASS): 3 Motorable tracks (status uncertain)

4 Dry-weather roads
5 All-weather roads (gravel)
6 All-weather roads (asphalt)
7 Railway

ETSCRP01: Soil Conservation Research Program (SCRP) station (RU’s)

FEATURE : Point

ITEMS:

STATION = Station name

EXAMPLE:

STATION = Andit

ETTOWN01CO: Towns / settlements of Ethiopia, population data based on CSA census of 1994

FEATURE : Point

ITEMS:

TOWN-NAME = Name of town

POP = Population of town
WEREDA = Corresponding Wereda
REGION = Corresponding Region
ZONES = Corresponding Zone
POPURB = Urban population of corresponding Wereda
POPRUR = Rural population of corresponding Wereda
POPTOT = Total population of corresponding Wereda
RAIN = Precipitation [mm] (model)
SOIL = Soil Type code
K-VALUE = Erodibility K (model)
EROSIVITY = Erosivity R (model)
ELEVATION = Elevation m asl. (DTM)
POP-TXT = Text string for town population
RAIN-TXT = Text string for town precipitation
ELEV-TXT = Text string for town elevation.

Example:

TOWN-NAME = Adi Awalo

POP = 1614
WEREDA = Tahtay Adiabo
REGION = TIGRAY
ZONES = WESTERN
POPURB = 12761
POPRUR = 68173
POPTOT = 80934
RAIN = 521.741
K-VALUE = 32.000
SOIL = 1452.000
EROSIVITY = 128.000
ELEVATION = 1396.097
POP-TXT = 1614 Inh.
RAIN-TXT = 522 [mm]
ELEV-TXT = 1396 [m] asl.

NOTE: For towns with missing census data the following estimated values were
used: 500; 1000; 2000 Inhabitants.
WORKSPACE: TOPOL

COVERS

ETTOPOL01CO: Contours with 200 meter interval of Ethiopia

FEATURE : Arc

ITEMS:

ELEVATION = Elevation of contour in m asl.

EXAMPLE:

ELEVATION = 2800
WORKSPACE: SOIL

COVERS

ETSOIL01CO: Soil Association of Ethiopia

FEATURE : Polygon

ITEMS:

SOIL-CODE = Soil Type code

GROUP = Soil Group code
UNIT = Soil Unit code

EXAMPLE:

SOIL-CODE = 1452
GROUP = 14
UNIT = 52

NOTE: Following translations for the soil-codes were used:

SOIL-CODE SOIL-TYPE
164 orthic acrisols
261 mollic andosols
263 vitric andosols
353 cambic arenosols
400 cambisols
452 calcic cambisols
454 chromic cambisols
455 dystric cambisols
456 eutric cambisols
457 gleyic cambisols
459 haplic cambisols
462 vertic cambisols
551 calcaric flubisols
552 calcic fluvisols
555 dystric fluvisols
556 eutric fluvisols
655 dystric gleysols
656 eutric gleysols
661 mollic gleysols
700 leptosols
854 chromic luvisols
862 vertic luvisols
864 orthic luvisols
955 dystric nitisols
956 eutric nitisols
1000 phaeozems
1059 haplic phaeozems
1060 luvic phaeozems
1151 calcaric regosols
1155 dystric regosols
1156 eutric regosols
1257 gleyic solonchaks
1264 orthic solonchaks
1358 gypsic yermosols
1400 cambisols
1451 calcaric xerosols
1452 calcic xerosols
1459 haplic xerosols
1554 chromic vertisols
1556 eutric vertisols
1565 pellic vertisols
1755 dystric histosols
2222 no soil