Characterizing soils and the enduring nature of land uses around the Lake Chamo Basin in South-West Ethiopia

Table 11 The basic cation saturation ratio and their relative proportions of the surface horizons soils (0–20 cm) of the land use units in CSB

Pedon	Land use unit	Ca/CEC		Mg/CEC		K/CEC		Ca/Mg		(Ca+Mg)/K
Pedon	Land use unit	Status		Status		Status		Status		Status
P1	AA6-CeMa	0.76	Adequate	0.18	Adequate	0.01	Low	4.13	Proportional	114.26	Low K
P2	AP2-FrBa	0.61	Adequate	0.30	Adequate	0.03	Adequate	2.04	Proportional	41.01	Low K
P3	PN2-FsAc	0.64	Adequate	0.20	Adequate	0.02	Adequate	3.23	Proportional	30.53	Favorable
P4	AP2-FrBa	0.71	Adequate	0.21	Adequate	0.02	Adequate	3.42	Proportional	46.53	Low K
P5	AA6-CeMa	0.78	Adequate	0.09	Adequate	0.02	Adequate	8.73	Proportional	53.40	Low K
P6	FN1-FxTa	0.77	Adequate	0.11	Adequate	0.02	Adequate	7.00	Proportional	41.76	Low K
P7	FN2-FsAc	0.75	Adequate	0.20	Adequate	0.01	Low	3.73	Proportional	73.81	Low K
P8	AA6-CeMa	0.76	Adequate	0.16	Adequate	0.01	Low	4.69	Proportional	106.24	Low K
P9	AP2-FrBa	0.67	Adequate	0.25	Adequate	0.01	Low	2.76	Proportional	89.35	Low K
P10	AP1-MfMo	0.74	Adequate	0.18	Adequate	0.01	Low	4.08	Proportional	99.00	Low K
P11	AA4-CeSo	0.52	Adequate	0.25	Adequate	0.04	Adequate	2.05	Proportional	20.18	Med. K
P12	PN1-FsSe	0.61	Adequate	0.18	Adequate	0.02	Adequate	3.50	Proportional	47.85	Low K

Classification according to Abayneh Esayas and Ashenafi Ali (2006) and NSS (1990) guidelines

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