Research Article
The Effects of Land Use and Landscape Position on Soil Physicochemical Properties in a Semiarid Watershed, Northern Ethiopia
Table 1
Description of major land use types.
| | Land use types | Description |
| | Barren land (BL) | The area covered by degraded lands, bare soils, roads, and rocks | | Cultivated land (CL) | The area used for annual crop production (main crops include wheat, barley, teff, and pea) and habitation | | Grassland (GL) | The area used for both communal free grazing and cut-and-carry system (partial exclosures) | | Plantation forest (PF) | The area covered by plantation forest (Eucalyptus) and natural forest (church forest) |
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