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

Table 3

Selected properties of the Kukart watershed sites from Kyrgyzstan.

Land use	Site name	Horizon	Depth (cm)	Soil pH	Organic matter %	Total N %	Texture (%)			Texture
							Clay	Silt	Sand	Class
	Suzak (SU1)	A1	0–2	7.9	3.55	0.46	18.7	64.4	16.9	Silt loam
		A2	2–14	8.3	0.96	0.08	12.2	67.9	19.9	Silt loam
		Bw	14–52	8.2	0.74	0.08	11.8	67.9	20.3	Silt loam
		BC	52–105	8.2	0.42	0.05	8.7	70.1	21.2	Silt loam
		C	105–165	8.3	0.22	0.04	7.9	68.6	23.5	Silt loam
	Kara-Alma (KA1)	Oe	0–2	7.7	12.07	0.91	37.6	39.7	22.7	Clay loam
		A1	2–13	7.5	9.21	0.72	26.2	49.0	24.8	Loam
Forest		A2	13–48	7.9	2.65	0.19	19.3	57.4	23.3	Silt loam
		BC	48–120	8.1	0.88	0.08	14.6	56.7	28.7	Silt loam
		C	120–165	8.1	0.82	0.07	16.2	59.0	24.8	Silt loam
	Kara-Alma (KA2)	Oe	0–4	7.3	16.13	1.88	38.6	35.9	25.5	Clay loam
		A1	4–18	7.0	12.5	0.84	29.5	54.8	15.7	Silty clay loam
		A2	18–57	7.2	5.51	0.38	5.9	74.0	20.2	Silt loam
		AB	57–91	7.1	2.06	0.13	2.4	70.6	27.0	Silt loam
		BC	91–130	7.2	1.37	0.14	2.0	67.5	30.5	Silt loam
		C	130–185	7.3	1.23	0.08	2.3	67.1	30.6	Silt loam
	Kyzyl-Senir (KSr)	A1	0–3	7.9	2.13	0.15	15.7	69.5	14.8	Silt loam
		A2	3–13	8.1	1.49	0.12	12.8	71.5	15.7	Silt loam
		Bw	13–44	8.3	0.60	0.10	6.4	78.4	15.2	Silt loam
		BC	44–86	8.3	0.23	0.04	4.1	82.2	13.7	Silt
		C	86–170	8.5	0.21	0.04	3.7	80.7	15.6	Silt
	Kalmak Kyrchyn (KK1)	A1	0–3	6.9	1.30	0.09	25.7	45.1	29.2	Loam
		A2	3–17	7.2	0.40	0.10	16.4	47.8	35.7	Loam
		A3	17–38	7.3	0.38	0.04	18.6	49.5	31.9	Loam
		2Ab	38–63	7.3	0.81	0.05	20.2	51.8	28.1	Silt loam
Pasture		2Bt1	63–91	7.6	1.15	0.09	17.8	58.4	23.9	Silt loam
		2Bt2	91–120	7.3	0.36	0.13	23.2	47.8	29.0	Loam
		2BCb	120–140	7.4	0.30	0.02	16.3	49.1	29.0	Silt loam
		2C	140–180	7.6	0.18	0.01	20.0	61.3	18.8	Silt loam
	Kyzyl-Suu (KSu)	A	0–15	7.4	7.59	0.68	31.1	54.5	14.4	Silty clay loam
		Bw (BC)	15–28	7.3	4.14	0.42	26.6	57.1	16.3	Silt loam
		C	28–50	7.4	2.79	0.22	23.8	53.9	22.3	Silt loam
	Suzak (Su2)	Ap	0–14	8.0	0.79	0.07	30.9	47.5	21.6	Clay loam
		A	14–30	8.2	0.64	0.06	33.0	45.6	21.3	Clay loam
		Bw	30–50	7.9	0.52	0.14	34.4	46.1	19.5	Silty clay loam
	Taigara (Tai)	Ap	0–34	8.2	1.13	0.11	32.8	47.8	19.4	Silty clay loam
Cultivated		Bw (BC)	34–59	8.1	0.92	0.1	17.9	53.9	28.3	Silt loam
		C	59–98	8.2	0.62	0.08	34.3	41.2	24.6	Clay loam
	Kalmak-Kyrchyn (KK2)	Ap	0–14	7.3	3.72	0.3	32.3	45.2	22.5	Clay loam
		A	14–30	7.6	2.34	0.19	33.6	43.8	22.6	Clay loam
		Bt	30–50	7.4	1.32	0.1	36.6	39.6	23.9	Clay loam