Interactions of Soil Order and Land Use Management on Soil Properties in the Kukart Watershed, Kyrgyzstan

Figure 2

Representative landscape and soil profile pictures of the Kukart watershed including forest sites (a–c), pasture (d-e), and cultivated (f) land use. The forest sites included Pistachio plantation located at the Suzak (Su₁) site under a Sierozem (a) and two Walnut-fruit forests under a Brown soil (b) and a Black-brown soil (c) located at the Kara-Alma sites, KA₁ and KA₂, respectively. Two of the pasture sites are shown under a Brown soil (d) in Kalmak Kyrchyn (KK₁) and a Meadow-steppe soil (e) in Kyzyl-Suu (KSu). The Maize cultivated profile at Taigara (Tai) under Sierozem is shown (f). Details regarding the sites are described in Table 1.

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