Effects of soil and water conservation practices on soil physicochemical properties in Gumara watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

Ecological Processes

Table 4 The effect of SWC practices on soil physical properties in different land uses (cultivated and grazing land)

		Soil particle size proportions			Soil texture	Soil textural class	Bulk density (g cm^-³)
		Sand (%)	Clay (%)	Silt (%)	Soil texture	Soil textural class	Bulk density (g cm^-³)
Cultivated land	CL	9.333	65.67	25	Fine	Clay	1.29
	NCL	11	62	27	Fine	Clay	1.318
	F ratio	.312	.258	.098	Fine	Clay	.846
	p	.589^ns	.623^ns	.76^ns	–	–	.379^ns
Grazing land	CL	6.33	70	23.7	Fine	Clay	1.21
	NCL	9.67	59	31.3	Fine	Clay	1.18
	F ratio	.509	1.76	1.509	Fine	Clay	.122
	p	.492^ns	.214^ns	.247^ns	–	–	.734^ns

CL conserved land, NCL non-conserved land, P p value, ns not significant at p < 0.05