Soil Water Characteristics of Gleysols in the Bamenda (Cameroon) Wetlands and Implications for Agricultural Management Strategies

Table 1

Geographic coordinates and detailed soil physical characteristics and organic matter content of Bamenda soils (0–50 cm depth).

S no.	Long. E	Lat. N	Altitude	Site	Particle density	Bulk density	Porosity	Particle size distribution					Coarse fragments	Silt/sand ratio	Silt/clay ratio	Y	SOC	SOCS
								Fine sand	Coarse sand	Fine silt	Coarse silt	Clay
			(m)	—	g·cm^−3	g·cm^−3	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	—	—	—	%	Mg·ha^−1
1	10.165386	5.988697	1209	Mile 4 Nkwen	2.4	1.4	41.67	12	19	19	20	30	11	1.23	1.23	62.16	10.30	425.16
2	10.172271	5.989171	1203		2.4	1.5	41.67	21	22	8	18	31	9	0.67	0.67	52.29	12.96	583.20
3	10.175703	5.988982	1208		2.5	1.5	40.00	11	9	17	21	42	12	0.78	0.78	71.43	18.23	804.93
4	10.158177	5.980301	1101	Below Foncha	2.3	1.5	43.48	11	18	20	21	30	5	1.28	1.28	67.62	16.21	729.45
5	10.149519	5.983058	1103		2.3	1.4	43.48	22	12	10	20	36	12	0.87	0.87	58.93	18.64	782.88
6	10.145689	5.978807	1101		2.4	1.3	41.67	17	10	16	19	38	15	0.92	0.92	63.48	16.21	632.19
7	10.140556	5.986379	1103		2.4	1.5	41.67	8	12	20	20	40	17	1.00	1.00	68.38	12.96	573.81
8	10.164556	5.985557	1104	Mulang	2.4	1.5	41.67	12	19	22	20	27	12	1.93	1.93	61.61	5.67	251.63
9	10.182545	5.985485	1103		2.4	1.3	41.67	18	12	15	22	33	12	1.14	1.14	62.50	14.18	543.84
10	10.135003	5.985485	1104		2.3	1.4	43.48	6	13	9	12	60	21	0.58	0.58	66.94	17.42	719.06
11	10.13429	5.979775	1104		2.4	1.6	41.67	12	21	13	11	43	12	0.56	0.56	59.82	8.10	381.49
12	10.159417	5.975206	1102		2.3	1.4	43.48	12	22	9	19	37	9	0.60	0.60	60.19	14.18	585.44
13	10.154991	5.983772	1102	Ngomgham	2.5	1.5	40.00	13	17	29	20	29	12	1.96	1.96	65.00	7.70	346.50
14	10.144283	5.97592	1103		2.3	1.4	43.48	11	12	11	20	46	14	0.55	0.55	67.54	18.23	752.11
15	10.139715	5.990339	1102		2.4	1.5	41.67	9	13	19	16	43	3	0.71	0.71	75.73	11.34	501.17
16	10.16941	5.987627	1102		2.3	1.6	43.48	11	13	16	15	40	7	0.72	0.72	69.61	16.21	765.63
17	10.161844	5.968353	1103		2.4	1.5	41.67	12	22	27	10	29	25	1.62	1.62	52.80	7.70	340.23
18	10.145996	5.981488	1105	Ntamulung	2.3	1.5	43.48	15	9	12	20	44	9	0.78	0.78	69.72	15.80	698.70
19	10.134718	5.992481	1106		2.3	1.4	43.48	19	14	12	20	35	21	0.93	0.93	55.37	11.75	484.96
20	10.178336	5.99321	1104		2.3	1.4	43.48	19	12	10	15	44	3	0.68	0.68	66.99	19.45	802.77

Y = slit + clay/total earth × 100, where total earth = sand + silt + clay + coarse fragments.