Soil Properties as Affected by Soil Conservation Practices and Soil Depths in Uwite Watershed, Hadero Tunto District, Southern Ethiopia

Table 2

Pearson’s correlation matrix showing relationship (r value) between soil properties.

	Clay	Sand	BD	TP	SMC	pH	SOM	TN	Av. P	Av. S	Ex. Ca	Ex. Mg	Ex. K	Ex. Na	PBS	CEC	Zn	Cu	Fe	Mn
Clay	1
Sand	−0.88	1
BD	−0.73	0.731	1
TP	0.62	−0.71	−0.92	1
SMC	0.68	−0.73	−0.77	0.72	1
pH	0.87	−0.82	−0.68	0.61	0.71	1
SOM	0.93	−0.83	−0.68	0.61	0.73	0.92	1
TN	0.93	−0.80	−0.73	0.63	0.76	0.88	0.96	1
Av. P	0.93	−0.84	−0.75	0.70	0.72	0.90	0.97	0.95	1
Av. S	0.80	−0.66	−0.67	0.59	0.63	0.85	0.92	0.87	0.89	1
Ex. Ca	0.88	−0.77	−0.67	0.63	0.70	0.89	0.97	0.92	0.96	0.95	1
Ex. Mg	0.88	−0.79	−0.65	0.58	0.71	0.90	0.98	0.93	0.94	0.93	0.98	1
Ex. K	0.88	−0.77	−0.70	0.64	0.72	0.85	0.92	0.88	0.90	0.87	0.91	0.86	1
Ex. Na	−0.81	0.85	0.73	−0.66	−0.67	−0.73	−0.80	−0.75	−0.84	−0.73	−0.78	−0.76	−0.79	1
PBS	0.90	−0.79	−0.65	0.59	0.75	0.84	0.95	0.97	0.96	0.85	0.92	0.92	0.87	−0.78	1
CEC	0.83	−0.76	−0.65	0.62	0.66	0.87	0.95	0.85	0.91	0.93	0.97	0.96	0.88	−0.75	0.83	1
Zn	0.82	−0.63	−0.59	0.55	0.45	0.85	0.88	0.83	0.87	0.91	0.90	0.88	0.78	−0.64	0.76	0.91	1
Cu	0.75	−0.61	−0.69	0.62	0.55	0.80	0.86	0.80	0.86	0.97	0.89	0.87	0.81	−0.73	0.79	0.87	0.91	1
Fe	0.87	−0.74	−0.72	0.64	0.73	0.84	0.95	0.94	0.94	0.92	0.94	0.94	0.912	−0.75	0.92	0.92	0.83	0.86	1
Mn	−0.80	0.082	0.53	−0.50	−0.75	−0.81	−0.84	−0.86	−0.82	−0.63	−0.76	−0.82	−0.74	0.66	−0.88	−0.71	−0.58	−0.52	−0.79	1

Significant at 0.01 probability level; significant at 0.05 probability level.