Research Article

Soil-Landscape Modeling and Remote Sensing to Provide Spatial Representation of Soil Attributes for an Ethiopian Watershed

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of the soil attributes and site characteristics for soil observations.

VariableMinimumMaximumMeanModeStd. deviation

Soil depth (cm)010143.510133.0
Elevation (m)1954285222522020220
Slope (%)29034.83023.3
Stone cover at the surface (%)06515.41014.2
Stone in the soil (%)073.817.4013.2
Clay content (%)11.667.828.620.312.6
Silt content (%)4.049.834.039.87.7
Sand content (%)14.672.637.342.69.3
Organic matter (%)0.219.972.821.121.9
Total nitrogen (%)0.039.060.260.220.6
Available phosphorus (mg kg−1)0.597.214.14.515.3
Bulk density (g cm−3)0.811.701.251.210.2
pH5.347.986.726.620.41
Erosion statusLowSevereModerate
Erosion typeSheetGullyRill