Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Land Use on Soil Infiltration Rate in a Tropical West African Watershed (Ouriyori, Benin)

Table 2

Basic properties of the soil investigated. SOC refers to soil organic carbon.

Soil	Depth (cm)	Clay (%)	Silt (%)	Sand (%)	Coarse particles (%)		SOC (%)	pH (H2O)
Gleyic Alisol	0–20	2.51	15.19	82.30	0.34	0.28		5.94
	20–45	5.09	12.75	82.07	1.91	0.13		6.07
Dystric Gleysol	0–18	11.41	30.06	58.53	1.18	0.59		6.71
	18–32	12.44	35.50	52.06	0.64	0.4		7.51
Ferric Luvisol	0.2	4.79	21.49	73.72	20.82	0.47		6.64
	20–45	9.33	29.3	61.73	42.99	0.28		6.42
Dystric Plinthosol	0.15	12.6	30	57.4	41.73	0.54		5.34
	15.3	7.9	34	58.1	57.79	0.43		5.58