Impact of Soil and Water Conservation Measures and Slope Position on Selected Soil Attributes at a Watershed Scale

Table 1

Effects of SWC measures on selected soil physicochemical properties in the study watershed.

Conservation measures

Parameters

Clay (%)

Silt (%)

Sand (%)

BD (g·cm^−3)

MC (%)

PD (g·cm^−3)

TP (%)

pH (H2O)

OC (%)

CEC (cmol(+)kg^−1)

TN (%)

Ava.P (ppm)

Ava.K (cmol(+)kg^−1)

C

38.44

32.67

28.89a

1.48a

11.01a

1.89a

20.89a

6.20c

1.36c

37.01c

0.13b

3.03c

0.42b

SFSB

35.56

34.44

30.00a

1.24b

14.48b

2.30b

44.66b

6.42ab

2.06b

43.67b

0.16a

4.76b

0.42b

SFSBG

38.22

37.56

24.22b

1.13c

19.55c

2.43b

51.93c

6.46a

2.44a

45.00a

0.17a

5.75b

0.60a

SB

40.89

33.56

25.56b

1.16c

17.70c

2.35b

46.49b

6.37b

2.42a

43.87b

0.17a

7.83a

0.56a

LSD (0.05)

Ns

Ns

2.87

0.04

2.62

0.15

4.59

0.06

0.30

1.09

0.02

1.20

0.10

CV (%)

9.95

10.75

10.82

12.97

17.10

16.71

11.46

8.60

14.61

12.64

12.00

22.92

19.59

BD = Bulk density, MC = moisture content, PD = particle density, TP = total porosity, CEC = cation exchange capacity, total nitrogen, Ava.P = available phosphors, Ava.K = available potassium, OC = organic carbon, C = nonconserved, SFSB = stone-faced soil bund, SFSBG = stone-faced soil bund stabilized with kidan grass, SB = soil bund, LSD = list significant difference, and CV = coefficient of variation.