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Table 5 Seasonal and annual droughts variability in the rangelands (1981–2018)

From: Temporal climate conditions and spatial drought patterns across rangelands in pastoral areas of West Guji and Borana zones, Southern Ethiopia

Timescale

Drought frequency

Drought magnitude

Drought intensity

Drought severity

Years of observation

 

Duda rangeland

Spring

8

 − 9.72

 − 1.39

 − 1.84

1984, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2015 and 2017

Autumn

8

 − 8.55

 − 1.43

 − 1.84

1991, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2015, 2016 and 2018

Annual

8

 − 10.57

 − 1.76

 − 2.45

1984, 1991, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2015 and 2016

 

Gomole rangeland

Spring

8

 − 9.27

 − 1.32

 − 2.14

1983, 1984, 1991, 1997, 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2017

Autumn

8

 − 7.13

 − 1.19

 − 1.78

1984, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2015 and 2016

Annual

7

 − 8.60

 − 1.54

 − 2.81

1983, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2015 and 2016