Table 2 Emic categorization of landscape, soil and vegetation in the area
Landscape(ethno-topographic)types | Soil (ethnopedologic and scientific) types | Vegetation (ethnofloristic) types | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amharic | English | Amharic | English | Scientific | Amharic | English |
WOTAGEBA | Up and down | KEYATIE | Red soil | Luvisols | KUTQUATO | Shrub |
TERRARAMA | Mountainous | WALKA | Black soil | Vertisols | GITOSH | Grass land |
MEDAMA/MESK | Plain | SERBOLA | Black & white | Anthrosols | CHAKA | Forest |
SHELEQUAMA | Valley | CHINCHA | Brown | Leptosols | DENE | Plantation |
KOREBTA/GOBA | Outcrop land | BORENK | White | Cambisols | CHEBECHEB | Wetland (edaphic grassland) |
DAGET | Hilly | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
SINKURKUR | Stony place | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |