Table 3 Contents of some selected soil physical properties in relation to different land uses and soil depths (mean ± SD)
From: Carbon stock under major land use/land cover types of Hades sub-watershed, eastern Ethiopia
Variable | Depth (m) | Land uses | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NF | CA | GL | CR | Overall | ||
Bulk density (g/cm³) | 0–20 | 0.92 (± 0.2) | 1.39 (± 0.12) | 1.13 (± 0.18) | 1.42 (± 0.13) | 1.15 (± 0.31)a |
20–40 | 1.09 (± 0.11) | 1.36 (± 0.17) | 1.24 (± 0.09) | 1.49 (± 0.13) | 1.28 (± 0.21)ab | |
40–60 | 1.40 (± 0.21) | 1.53 (± 0.29) | 1.27 (± 0.1) | 1.61 (± 0.12) | 1.48 (± 0.26)b | |
Overall | 1.2 (± 0.37)a | 1.43 (± 0.19)ab | 1.21 (± 0.13)ab | 1.50 (± 0.13)b |  | |
Sand (%) | 0–20 | 67.83 (± 7.7) | 58.67 (± 3.21) | 49.67 ± 2.08 | 55.67 ± 12.66 | 59.93 (± 9.99) |
20–40 | 62.83 (± 2.32) | 55.33 (± 7.1) | 48 ± 2.1 | 62.33 ± 13.01 | 58.31 (± 8.64) | |
40–60 | 59 (± 3.46) | 58.33 (± 11.02) | 54.33 ± 5.03 | 49 ± 3.61 | 56.13 (± 8.10) | |
Overall | 63.39 (± 7.48)b | 57.44 (± 6.93)ab | 50.73 (± 4.02)a | 55.67 (± 10.92)ab |  | |
Clay (%) | 0–20 | 10.17 (± 2.75) | 17 ± 6.1 | 29 ± 6 | 29.33 ± 8.1 | 19.13 (± 10.17) |
20–40 | 17.5 (± 8.88) | 21 ± 7.94 | 35 ± 5.29 | 29.33 ± 7.37 | 24.07 (± 10.26) | |
40–60 | 20.17 (± 2.02) | 23 ± 12.49 | 34 ± 4.58 | 37 ± 5.29 | 26.87 (± 10.61) | |
Overall | 15.94 (± 8.53)a | 20.33 (± 8.43)a | 32.67 (± 5.39)b | 31.89 (± 7.18)b |  | |
Silt (%) | 0–20 | 22 (± 5.29) | 24.33 ± 5.03 | 21.33 ± 4.04 | 15 ± 5 | 20.93 (± 5.93) |
20–40 | 19.67 (± 7.91) | 23.67 ± 1.53 | 16.8 ± 6.84 | 8.33 ± 7.1 | 17.63 (± 8.26) | |
40–60 | 40.67 ± 2.89 | 18.67 ± 2.31 | 11.67 ± 1.53 | 14 ± 1.73 | 17.00 (± 3.98) | |
Overall | 20.67 (± 5.96)b | 22.22 (± 3.93)b | 16.60 (± 5.82)ab | 12.44 (± 5.41)a |  | |