Table 4 Soil chemical parameters along land use and slope gradient.

From: Impact of land use types on selected soil physicochemical parameters in the case of Liben Jawi district, Ethiopia

SLOPE

pH(H20.1:2.5)

EC(dS/m

AV.P(kg/mg

OC (%)

OM (%)

TN(%)

UPFL

6.19

0.11

89.5

7.96

13.72

0.6

UPGL

5.88

0.02

25.96

3.01

5.19

0.2

UPCL

5.35

0.04

27.36

2.88

4.46

0.3

MEAN

5.8

0.06

47.6

4.6

7.8

0.4

SE

1.09

0.177

0.557

0.75

0.122

0.22

Sig

0.778

0.057

0.047

0.075

0.015

0.03

MFL

6.11

0.07

63.28

6.47

11.15

0.5

MGL

5.85

0.02

28.28

2.10

3.61

0.2

MCL

5.20

0.04

23.98

2.57

4.44

0.3

MEAN

5.7

0.04

38.5

3.7

6.4

0.3

SE

1.577

0.577

0.221

0.122

0.55

0.15

Sig

0.074

0.012

0.045

0.012

0.225

0.01

LFL

6.9

0.08

59.43

6.77

11.67

0.5

LGL

5.65

0.02

45.79

2.62

4.51

0.2

LCL

5.19

0.03

28.19

2.89

4.89

0.3

MEAN

1.023

0.04

44.5

12.3

7.02

0.3

SE

0.577

0.501

0.377

0.57

0.77

0.133

Sig

0.75

0.01

0.77

0.025

0.66

0.557

  1. UPFL upper forest land, UPGL upper grazing land , UPCL upper cultivate land, MFL middle forest land, MGL middle grazing land, MCL middle cultivated land, LFL lower forest land , LGL lower grazing land, LCL lower cultivated land, Sig significance.