Dynamics of Soil Physical and Chemical Properties under Different Current Land Use Types and Elevation Gradients in the Sala Watershed of Ari Zone, South Ethiopia

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="11"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center" colspan="4">Upper land</td><td class="align_center" colspan="3">Middle land</td><td class="align_center" colspan="3">Lower land</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="11"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Soil property</td><td class="align_center">CL</td><td class="align_center">GL</td><td class="align_center">SL</td><td class="align_center">BL</td><td class="align_center">CL</td><td class="align_center">GL</td><td class="align_center">BL</td><td class="align_center">CL</td><td class="align_center">GL</td><td class="align_center">SL</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">PH (H<sub>2</sub>O)</td><td class="align_center">4.23</td><td class="align_center">4.82</td><td class="align_center">6.87</td><td class="align_center">4.45</td><td class="align_center">5.27</td><td class="align_center">5.6</td><td class="align_center">4.8</td><td class="align_center">6.28</td><td class="align_center">6.56</td><td class="align_center">7.34</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">OM (%)</td><td class="align_center">2.92</td><td class="align_center">3.7</td><td class="align_center">3.09</td><td class="align_center">1.14</td><td class="align_center">3.65</td><td class="align_center">4.6</td><td class="align_center">1.65</td><td class="align_center">4.12</td><td class="align_center">5</td><td class="align_center">4.9</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total N (%)</td><td class="align_center">0.01</td><td class="align_center">0.19</td><td class="align_center">0.25</td><td class="align_center">0.15</td><td class="align_center">0.04</td><td class="align_center">0.23</td><td class="align_center">0.18</td><td class="align_center">0.21</td><td class="align_center">0.185</td><td class="align_center">0.27</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Av. P (mg/kg)</td><td class="align_center">28.47</td><td class="align_center">33.81</td><td class="align_center">86.76</td><td class="align_center">13.72</td><td class="align_center">55.88</td><td class="align_center">65.56</td><td class="align_center">26.62</td><td class="align_center">72.64</td><td class="align_center">94.65</td><td class="align_center">153.44</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Av. K (mg/kg)</td><td class="align_center">160.5</td><td class="align_center">122.4</td><td class="align_center">198.76</td><td class="align_center">76.86</td><td class="align_center">188.87</td><td class="align_center">134.5</td><td class="align_center">95.9</td><td class="align_center">214.6</td><td class="align_center">156.8</td><td class="align_center">235.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CEC (cmol/kg)</td><td class="align_center">26.32</td><td class="align_center">31.01</td><td class="align_center">34.95</td><td class="align_center">24.68</td><td class="align_center">29.89</td><td class="align_center">37.97</td><td class="align_center">22.85</td><td class="align_center">31.42</td><td class="align_center">33.88</td><td class="align_center">39.56</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="11"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Soil chemical properties at different land use types across elevations.</div>

Applied and Environmental Soil Science

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Table 2: Dynamics of Soil Physical and Chemical Properties under Different Current Land Use Types and Elevation Gradients in the Sala Watershed of Ari Zone, South Ethiopia 

Table 2 | Dynamics of Soil Physical and Chemical Properties under Different Current Land Use Types and Elevation Gradients in the Sala Watershed of Ari Zone, South Ethiopia 