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Table 1 Main effects of sub-watersheds, landscape positions, and soil depths on selected soil physical properties

From: Effects of sustainable land management interventions on selected soil properties in Geda watershed, central highlands of Ethiopia

 

BD (g/cm3)

Particle size distribution (%)

Sand

Clay

Silt

Sub-watershed (SW)

 Untreated sub-watershed

1.26a

46.63a

22.58b

30.79

 Treated sub-watershed

1.07b

31.38b

36.92a

31.71

Landscape position (LP)

 Upper

1.22a

41.75a

29.46

28.79b

 Lower

1.12b

36.25b

30.04

33.71a

Soil depth (SD)

 0–15 cm

1.20a

41.21a

28.23b

30.17

 15–30 cm

1.14b

36.79b

30.88a

32.33

P–SW

***

***

***

ns

P–LP

***

***

ns

***

P–SD

*

***

*

ns

  1. Means within columns under each topic followed by different letters are significantly different from each other at P ≤ 0.05;*significant at P ≤ 0.05; ***significant at P ≤ 0.001; ns non-significant, BD bulk density