Table 3.

Physical characteristics of a smallholder agriculture catchment in the South-West Mau, Kenya.

Area	km2	27.2
Outlet coordinatesa	Longitude	35°28′31.7316″E
	Latitude	0°24′4.0248″S
	Stream order (Strahler)	1, 2
Drainage density	km km−2	0.64
Track density	km km−2	4.28
Altitude range	m a.s.l	2,389–2,691
Mean slope ± SD	%	11.6 ± 6.7
Geologyb		Igneous rock (Volcanic) (72%)
		Pyroclastic (28%)
Dominant soilsb		Humic Nitisol (72%)
		Mollic Andosol (28%)
Soil profile	Andosol	AC to ABC
	Nitisol	AB(t)C
Land use		Perennial & annual crops, woodlots, grazing land

SD standard deviation.

^aWGS 1984 UTM Zone 36S.

^bGeology data from the Soil and Terrain database for Kenya (KENSOTER) version 2.0.