Effects of Land Use/Land Cover Changes on Selected Soil Physical and Chemical Properties in Shenkolla Watershed, South Central Ethiopia

Table 1

Mean values of particle size of soils as affected by the noncultivated and nonforested parts of the experimental area.

Particle size distribution (%)	Noncultivated land			Nonforested land
	Forest land	Grazing land	Mean	Cultivated outfield	Homestead garden field	Grazing land	Mean
Sand	34.0	36.0	35.0	46.0	36.0	36.0	39.3
Silt	41.0	45.0	43.0	43.0	41.0	45.0	43.0
Clay	26.0	19.0	22.5	11.0	23.0	19.0	17.6