Research Article
Soil Water Characteristics of Gleysols in the Bamenda (Cameroon) Wetlands and Implications for Agricultural Management Strategies
Table 3
Moisture characteristics of the Gleysols from the Bamenda Wetlands (nā=ā20).
| S no. | Site | HW | WP | FC | AWR | AWC | RAW | CW | UW | GW | AC | WHC | D | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (mm/m) | (mm/m) | (mm/m) | (mm/m) | (mm/m) | (%) | (mm/m) | (dm/m) |
| 1 | Mile 4 Nkwen | 9.12 | 36.6 | 48.16 | 11.56 | 282.67 | 378.78 | 29.04 | 2.44 | 12.63 | 6.49 | 565.34 | 2.65 | 2 | 7.2 | 41.52 | 56.6 | 15.08 | 331.27 | 443.9 | 39.4 | 7.88 | 2.27 | 14.93 | 662.53 | 3.34 | 3 | 8.2 | 56.06 | 67.19 | 11.13 | 418.1 | 560.25 | 46.99 | 2.93 | 6.99 | 27.19 | 836.19 | 3.97 |
| 4 | Below Foncha | 17.76 | 48.42 | 69.8 | 21.38 | 371.64 | 497.99 | 52.04 | 3.62 | 8.56 | 26.32 | 743.27 | 4.12 | 5 | 12.22 | 55.68 | 72.58 | 16.9 | 387.54 | 519.3 | 54.36 | 4.68 | 10.88 | 29.1 | 775.07 | 4 | 6 | 22.2 | 47.62 | 73.28 | 25.66 | 317.67 | 425.67 | 51.08 | 3.46 | 9.41 | 31.61 | 635.33 | 3.75 | 7 | 13.4 | 45.92 | 69.41 | 23.49 | 359.32 | 481.48 | 46.01 | 10.09 | 4.34 | 27.74 | 718.63 | 4.1 |
| 8 | Mulang | 12.32 | 22.14 | 57.2 | 35.06 | 215.83 | 289.21 | 44.88 | 22.74 | 3.21 | 15.53 | 431.66 | 3.38 | 9 | 10.88 | 45.56 | 62.47 | 16.91 | 308.24 | 413.04 | 45.59 | 6.03 | 3.92 | 20.8 | 616.48 | 3.2 | 10 | 7.43 | 58.84 | 72.67 | 13.83 | 407.6 | 546.18 | 53.24 | 6.4 | 9.76 | 29.19 | 815.2 | 4.01 | 11 | 15.8 | 33.4 | 70.49 | 37.09 | 303.91 | 407.23 | 54.69 | 21.29 | 13.02 | 28.82 | 607.81 | 4.44 | 12 | 12.21 | 47.16 | 62.62 | 15.46 | 341.47 | 457.57 | 41.41 | 3.25 | 2.07 | 19.14 | 682.94 | 3.45 |
| 13 | Ngomgham | 15.35 | 25.4 | 68.34 | 42.94 | 234.36 | 314.04 | 49.99 | 27.59 | 9.99 | 28.34 | 468.71 | 4.04 | 14 | 13.11 | 58.86 | 75.34 | 16.48 | 406.88 | 545.22 | 55.23 | 3.37 | 11.75 | 31.86 | 813.76 | 4.15 | 15 | 22.1 | 42.28 | 64.49 | 22.21 | 337.92 | 452.81 | 42.39 | 0.11 | 0.72 | 22.82 | 675.83 | 3.81 | 16 | 9.39 | 52.42 | 67.26 | 14.84 | 423.61 | 567.64 | 48.87 | 5.45 | 5.39 | 23.78 | 847.22 | 4.24 | 17 | 23.02 | 27 | 72.8 | 45.8 | 244.56 | 327.7 | 49.78 | 22.78 | 8.11 | 31.13 | 489.11 | 4.3 |
| 18 | Ntamulung | 9.78 | 53.2 | 73.24 | 20.04 | 402.57 | 539.44 | 53.46 | 10.26 | 9.98 | 29.76 | 805.13 | 4.18 | 19 | 15.67 | 41.5 | 61.92 | 20.42 | 310.32 | 415.83 | 46.25 | 4.75 | 2.77 | 18.44 | 620.64 | 4.04 | 20 | 17.21 | 56.5 | 74.21 | 17.71 | 391.57 | 524.7 | 57.00 | 0.50 | 13.52 | 30.73 | 783.14 | 3.41 |
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