Effects of Land Uses on Soil Quality Indicators: The Case of Geshy Subcatchment, Gojeb River Catchment, Ethiopia
Table 3
Water infiltration rate (IR, mm/hr) and cumulative infiltration (CI, cm) of soils in relation to slope positions and land use types at 1 min (initial) and 60 min (steady state) (mean ± SE).
Soil quality indicators
Time (min)
Land uses
Forest land
Cultivation land
Grazing land
IR (mm/hr)
1
60.0 (±0.000)a
60.0 (±0.000)a
53.3 (±4.410)a
60
4.52 (±0.134)a
2.53 (±0.240)c
3.29 (±0.089)b
CI (cm)
1
0.99 (±0.105)a
0.94 (±0.050)a
0.83 (±0.044)b
60
8.87 (±0.461)a
6.72 (±0.188)b
5.71 (±0.230)c
Soil quality indicators
Time (min)
Slope classes
Upper
Middle
Lower
IR (mm/hr)
1
60.00 (±0.000)a
53.33 (±4.410)a
60.0 (±0.000)a
60
3.89 (±0.254)a
3.49 (±0.293)b
2.96 (±0.359)c
CI (cm)
1
0.99 (±0.045)a
0.83 (±0.044)b
0.94 (±0.041)ab
60
7.70 (±0.629)a
6.81 (±0.597)b
6.79 (±0.364)b
Means followed by the same letter(s) across rows for each time (minutes) have not a statistically significant difference () in relation to land use types and slope positions.