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Soil erosion is a serious threat in Ethiopian highlands. Continuous land degradation resulted in loss of fertile top soil leading to low agricultural productivity. In addition, excessive soil erosion from Koga Watershed in upper catchment to an artificial reservoir (Koga Dam reservoir) is substantially reducing its service life. Community participatory based effective watershed management strategies may have tremendous potential to reduce soil erosion. However, it is not practical to implement management interventions in the entire basin. This study aims to identify and map erosion hotspot areas in Koga Watershed to assist local government decision towards implementing watershed management strategies. Multi Criteria Evaluation (MCE) technique was integrated with Geographic Information System (GIS). For these analysis four major factors: Topography, soil, land use and potential location of gullies were considered …