Dynamics of Soil Physical and Chemical Properties under Different Current Land Use Types and Elevation Gradients in the Sala Watershed of Ari Zone, South Ethiopia

Table 1

Soil textures at different land use types across elevation gradients.

Physical property	Upper land				Middle land			Lower land
Soil texture	CL	GL	SL	BL	CL	GL	BL	CL	GL	SL
Sand (%)	47.2%	24%	25.2%	50%	34.4%	34.2%	50.6%	53.3%	26.4%	26.2%
Clay (%)	41.5%	61.3%	54.6%	38.4%	43.2%	45.7%	24.3%	20.2%	52.5%	55.4%
Silt (%)	11.3%	14.7%	20.2%	11.6%	22.4%	20.1%	25.1%	26.5%	21.1%	18.4%
Textural class	Sandy clay	Clay	Clay	Sandy clay	Clay	Clay	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Clay

Land use types: CL, cultivated land; GL, grazing land; BL, barren land; SL, shrub land.