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Shapefiles for 41 treated watersheds from Sustainable land management practices (SLMP) Phase 1, and 81 treated watersheds from phase 2, SLMP-2, were geo-referenced from Constenla-Villoslada et al., 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00861-4). For our paper, Evaluating Restoration Success: Long-Term Impact of Sustainable Land Management Practices in Ethiopia Using Synthetic Control with Matrix Completion Method, we randomly selected 100 control watersheds from the broader set of watersheds from Lehner and G., 2013 ( https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9740) with similar spatial distribution as treated watersheds.

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Soil profile texture analysis was done using hydrometer and dry/wet sieve analyses on total of 27 soil samples from three hillslope transects, three hillslope position and three soil profile depths. Saturated hydraulic conductivity was measured in the field using Guelph Permeameter and soil water potential was measured using WP4C and HYPROP instruments in the lab from 9 soil samples from one hillslope transect. Details on all methods used for soil characterization and soil hydraulic properties as well as background information on Debre Mawi watershed from where the soil samples were taken can be found in https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.129031

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Particle size analysis was performed using wet seive analysis on soil samples collected to represent dominant soil types in Lake Tana basin, Ethiopia. Guelph permeameter was used to determine undisturbed saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat) at each sample locations.