Soil erosion is a common land degradation problem and has causing great damage on naturalrnecosystems and human life. Therefore, this study aims to asses land use/land cover change and thernassociated impacts on soil erosion potential in Chercher watershed by using Landsat images andrnancillary data. The Analyses result show that the watershed was dominantly covered by cultivatedrnland (52.8%), bare land (20.6%) shrubs (18%), grazing land (5.3%), forests (2.7%), settlementrn(0.5%) and Water body (0.2%) Since 1987 57% of land use land cover has changed. Land coversrnchange and a heavy rainfall event in the study area has resulted in increased soil loss from 32.91 trnharn-1rn-1 rnin the year 2018. The Spatial analysis revealed that thernfragmentation of forest cover from Mountainous area and disappearance of shrubs from relativelyrnflat and moderate slope areas, increased in bare land in High slope, and intensification ofrncultivation practice in relatively more erosion prone soil were the main factors contributingrntoward the increased soil erosion potential of the watershed. The result of land use dynamicsrnindicated that Change of other land use land cover (LULC) categories to Cultivation and barernland was the most detrimental for increase the potential of soil erosion while any transition fromrnbare and cultivation to grass, forest and shrub radiuses and retards soil loss of the watershed. Thernresults generated from this study recommends that awareness of spatial and temporal patterns ofrnhigh soil loss risk areas can help deploy siteâ€specific soil conservation measures and can serve asrna spatial decision support tool, and as input for decision makers and conservation planners forrnfuture intervention measures in highly affected areas.