Genesis and Classification of Termite-Mediated Soils along Toposequences in a Semiarid Area of Southeast Ethiopia

Table 2

The characteristics of termite mounds vary across toposequence in Ilala-Sara and Silala, southeast Ethiopia.

Topographic positions	Mound density (ha^−1)	Mound vitality		Mound height (m)	Mean basal radius of mound (m)	Volume of mound (m^3 mound^−1)	Mass of the selected mounds (t mound^−1)
		Active	Dead
Ilala-Sara, Dugda Dawa district
Summit	14	11	3	3.62	1.70	10.95	14.67
Back slope	18	13	5	4.67	1.60	12.51	16.77
Toe slope	4	1	4	2.2	0.96	2.12	2.42
Silala, Miyo district
Foot slope	17	12	5	3.3	1.06	3.88	5.20
Bottom slope	23	17	6	3.2	0.88	2.59	2.96