Effect of Slope Aspect and Land Use Types on Selected Soil Physicochemical Properties in North Western Ethiopian Highlands
Table 1
Descriptive statistics of selected soil properties across slope aspects and land use types.
Lu
Var.
Ew
Nw
Sw
Ww
Mean
Min
Max
Mean
Min
Max
Mean
Min
Max
Mean
Mini
Max
CL
pH
6.64
6.43
6.99
7.04
6.78
7.42
7.02
6.93
7.17
6.92
6.88
6.96
EC
0.08
0.03
0.12
0.09
0.05
0.17
0.04
0.03
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.05
Av. K
343.33
115.2
468.50
1116.8
677.50
1572.5
186.9
105.8
282.5
1319.6
857.5
1642.5
SOC
1.11
0.90
1.21
1.35
1.13
1.56
1.25
0.98
1.40
2.40
1.83
2.69
TN
0.08
0.07
0.09
0.11
0.09
0.12
0.10
0.08
0.11
0.19
0.14
0.21
Av. P
25.67
6.90
41.30
59.63
58.80
61.30
12.27
0.30
30.00
35.63
15.60
52.50
FL
pH
6.67
6.60
6.78
6.93
6.68
7.23
6.76
6.67
6.82
6.23
5.10
6.92
EC
0.09
0.06
0.13
0.07
0.05
0.10
0.08
0.05
0.13
0.03
0.01
0.08
Av. K
1307.7
945.3
1850.50
1105.8
1032.5
1187.5
215.5
128.5
355.0
541.9
165.9
1017.5
SOC
2.77
2.54
2.93
3.05
2.61
3.78
3.08
2.07
4.41
4.22
3.90
4.52
TN
0.22
0.20
0.23
0.23
0.20
0.29
0.24
0.16
0.34
0.33
0.30
0.35
Av. P
52.53
43.80
60.00
25.87
13.80
47.50
15.00
2.30
33.80
5.70
1.40
11.40
GL
pH
6.82
6.68
6.89
6.78
6.73
6.85
7.02
6.96
7.06
6.13
5.46
6.50
EC
0.05
0.03
0.08
0.05
0.05
0.06
0.05
0.04
0.06
0.04
0.04
0.05
Av. K
517.1
416.2
578.8
1476.8
1175.5
1757.5
107.5
78.9
130.0
675.8
317.5
1190.0
SOC
1.52
1.17
1.95
2.50
2.93
3.32
1.63
0.98
2.15
2.59
2.18
2.93
TN
0.12
0.09
0.15
0.25
0.23
0.26
0.13
0.08
0.17
0.19
0.14
0.23
Av. P
14.40
10.30
20.60
21.77
5.10
49.40
3.57
1.40
5.50
6.51
2.63
12.50
Lu: land use types; Var: variables; EC: electrical conductivity; SOC: in percent; Av. K: in centimole/kilogram, Av. P: by ppm; TN: in percent; Ew: eastward; Nw: northward; Sw: southward; Ww: westward; Fl: forest land; Cl: cropland; Gl: grazing land.
