Research Article
Characterization and Mapping of Soil-Landscape for Site-Specific Soil Management in Ayiba Watershed, Northern Highlands of Ethiopia
Table 5
The studied soil profiles are SOC, TN, and C/N ratio, available P, S, and B.
| Profile | Horizon | SOC (%) | TN (%) | C/N ratio | Av. P (mg·kg−1 soil) | Av. S (mg·kg−1) | Av. B (mg·kg−1 soil) |
| AYB-1 | Ah | 3.19 | 0.25 | 12.78 | 23.47 | 0.74 | 0.29 | Bw | 1.87 | 0.17 | 11.03 | 16.71 | 0.77 | 0.19 | Average | 2.53 | 0.21 | 11.91 | 20.09 | 0.76 | 0.24 |
| AYB-2 | Ap | 1.53 | 0.14 | 10.95 | 18.38 | 0.74 | 0.82 | Bt | 1.13 | 0.12 | 9.76 | 11.93 | 0.69 | 0.35 | Bc | 0.90 | 0.11 | 8.68 | 8.08 | 0.62 | 0.31 | C | 0.76 | 0.09 | 8.46 | 6.70 | 0.61 | 0.21 | Average | 1.08 | 0.12 | 9.46 | 11.27 | 0.67 | 0.42 |
| AYB-3 | Aa | 2.15 | 0.25 | 8.72 | 17.97 | 0.84 | 0.98 | B | 1.26 | 0.17 | 7.37 | 10.15 | 0.88 | 0.77 | 2B | 0.81 | 0.13 | 6.43 | 7.07 | 0.76 | 0.62 | 3B | 0.71 | 0.13 | 5.44 | 5.39 | 0.61 | 0.48 | Bw | 0.62 | 0.08 | 7.84 | 3.14 | 0.49 | 0.46 | Average | 1.11 | 0.15 | 7.16 | 8.74 | 0.72 | 0.66 |
| AYB-4 | Ap | 0.92 | 0.21 | 4.51 | 11.72 | 0.73 | 0.44 | Bc | 0.64 | 0.09 | 7.78 | 7.62 | 0.83 | 0.38 | Average | 0.78 | 0.15 | 6.15 | 9.67 | 0.78 | 0.41 |
| AYB-5 | Ap | 1.62 | 0.18 | 8.81 | 15.80 | 0.86 | 0.75 | Bit | 1.33 | 0.16 | 8.33 | 13.38 | 0.85 | 0.65 | Bc | 0.99 | 0.10 | 10.25 | 9.81 | 0.79 | 0.54 | Average | 1.31 | 0.15 | 9.13 | 12.99 | 0.83 | 0.64 |
| AYB-6 | Ap | 1.9 | 0.16 | 11.64 | 17.95 | 0.96 | 1.14 | A | 1.38 | 0.11 | 12.59 | 15.56 | 0.69 | 0.70 | A2 | 1.0 | 0.08 | 12.17 | 9.88 | 0.63 | 0.65 | Bw | 0.83 | 0.06 | 14.04 | 5.14 | 0.51 | 0.58 | Average | 1.28 | 0.10 | 12.61 | 12.13 | 0.70 | 0.77 |
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