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Table 4 Trends in annual maximum and minimum temperatures on the rift valley floor and in the escarpments/highlands

From: Effects of long-term deforestation and remnant forests on rainfall and temperature in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Landscape unit

Meteorological Station

Tmax

Tmin

Trend (°C/decade)

P

Trend (°C/decade)

P

Escarpments/highlands

Assela

0.33

0.216

0.34

0.095

Kulumsa

0.00

1.000

−0.52

0.032*

Butajira

0.20

0.013*

−1.25

0.004*

Unit

 

0.19

0.0307*

−0.4

0.0523

Valley floor

Ziway

0.44

0.000*

0.22

0.275

Langano

1.20

0.001*

1.00

0.011*

Adami Tulu

0.56

0.000*

0.03

0.866

Unit

 

0.63

0.0000*

0.2

0.0447*

Central Rift Valley

 

0.4

0.000*

0.00

0.96

  1. *Significant at P < 0.05