Effects of Land Uses on Soil Quality Indicators: The Case of Geshy Subcatchment, Gojeb River Catchment, Ethiopia

Table 1

Land uses description in the Geshy subcatchment, Ethiopia.

No.	LULC classes	Descriptions
1	Cultivation land	Arable and fallow land that grows annual and perennial crops such as permanent fruit trees on the small or commercial level
2	Natural forest land	Natural vegetation area composed of undisturbed and disturbed, either or mix of evergreen, deciduous, and semideciduous with the area exceeding 0.5 ha, height ≥ 2 m, and canopy cover ≥20%
3	Grazing land	Land with shrubs/bushes canopy covers ≥10% of bush, shrubs, and trees ≥10%. Grassland areas with/without scattered trees (<10 trees/ha), mainly short grasses used for grazing