Table 1.

Mean ± S.E of soil physical properties on different cultivated land management practices and slope gradients in the Korekore Watershed.

Factors	Attribute of factors	Particle size distribution (%)			Texture	ρb (kg·m−3)	Soil moisture content (%)
		Clay	Silt	Sand
Land management practice (LMP)	M-SWC	48.7 ± 7.5a	27.8 ± 1.9	23.6 ± 8.6b	CL	0.9 ± 0.1b	30.6 ± 0.4a
	W-SWC	31.8 ± 6.2	23.8 ± 3.2	43.8 ± 9.4a	SCL	1.3 ± 0.1a	24.1 ± 0.4b
	p value	0.004	0.29	0.02		0.04	0.007
Slope gradient (SG)	0%–15%	58.3 ± 3.5a	30.0 ± 1.5	10.7 ± 3.4c	CL	1.1 ± 0.1	28.9 ± 0.6a
	15%–30%	18.3 ± 3.7c	21.7 ± 3.8	60.0 ± 7.0a	SL	1.0 ± 0.0	27.2 ± 0.5a
	> 30%	44.0 ± 8.9b	25.7 ± 3.6	30.3 ± 1.1.9b	CL	1.2 ± 0.1	25.9 ± 0.5b
	p value	< 0.001	0.22	0.001		0.31	0.006
	LMP ∗ SG	0.06ns	0.46ns	0.22ns		0.97ns	0.09ns
	CV (%)	24.6	29.9	49.7		8.32	2.43

Note: Means ± S.E. with different letters within a column are significantly different (p < 0.05) (Fisher's LSD). ρb = soil bulk density, LMP ∗ SG interaction effect.

Abbreviations: C = clay; CL = clay loam; CV = coefficient of variation; ns = nonsignificant; SCL = sandy clay loam; S.E. = standard error; SL = sandy loam.