Research Article

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 indicatorsTime (min)Land uses
Forest landCultivation landGrazing land

IR (mm/hr)160.0 (±0.000)a60.0 (±0.000)a53.3 (±4.410)a
604.52 (±0.134)a2.53 (±0.240)c3.29 (±0.089)b
CI (cm)10.99 (±0.105)a0.94 (±0.050)a0.83 (±0.044)b
608.87 (±0.461)a6.72 (±0.188)b5.71 (±0.230)c

Soil quality indicatorsTime (min)Slope classes
UpperMiddleLower
IR (mm/hr)160.00 (±0.000)a53.33 (±4.410)a60.0 (±0.000)a
603.89 (±0.254)a3.49 (±0.293)b2.96 (±0.359)c
CI (cm)10.99 (±0.045)a0.83 (±0.044)b0.94 (±0.041)ab
607.70 (±0.629)a6.81 (±0.597)b6.79 (±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.