Effect of Slope Aspect and Land Use Types on Selected Soil Physicochemical Properties in North Western Ethiopian Highlands

Table 2

Main effect of slope aspect and land use types on selected soil properties.

Treatment (DF = 30)		Sand (%)	Silt (%)	Clay (%)	BD (g/cm^3)	pH	EC (dS/m)
Ew		47.1 ± 1.7a	33.56 + 2.2ba	19.33 ± 3.1c	1.29 ± 0.05a	6.71 ± 0.08	0.07 ± 0.03
Nw		45.56 ± 2.1a	38.89 ± 1.5a	15.56 ± 1.2c	1.30 ± 0.05a	6.92 ± 0.06	0.07 ± 0.03
Sw		35.11 ± 1.5b	35.11 ± 1.8c	29.78 ± 3.3b	1.25 ± 0.03ba	6.93 ± 0.05	0.05 ± 0.02
Ww		34.00 ± 5.0b	28.89 ± 2.1c	37.11 ± 3.7a	1.12 ± 0.06b	6.42 ± 0.22	0.04 ± 0.02
Sign. (0.05)						Ns	Ns
Cl		35.00 ± 3.3b	32.33 ± 1.5	32.68 ± 3.7a	1.28 ± 0.04a	6.90 ± 0.08	0.063 ± 0.01
Fl		44.83 ± 2.7a	36.33 ± 2.2	18.83 ± 2.5c	1.13 ± 0.04b	6.65 ± 015	0.069 ± 0.01
Gl		41.5 ± 2.7a	33.68 ± 2.0	24.83 ± 3.4b	1.30 ± 0.4a	6.69 ± 0.12	0.048 ± 0.00
Sign. (0.05)			Ns			Ns	Ns

DF: degree of freedom; BD: bulk density; EC: electrical conductivity; Ew: eastward; Nw: northward; Sw: southward; sign: significant; Fl: forest land; Cl: cropland; Gl: grazing land. The numbers indicated by ± are standard errors.