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

Table 1 Physiographic characteristics of the pedons studied in CSB

Pedon	Altitude (masl.)	Physiography	Parent material	Slope (%)	Drainage class	Erosion
P1	1221	Alluvial mid plain	Colluvium	1–2	Well drained	None
P2	1234	Alluvial mid plain	Colluvium	1–2	Poor	None
P3	1220	Alluvial plain	Alluvium	2–5	Well drained	None
P4	1100	Alluvial mid plain	Colluvium	1–2	Poor	None
P5	1113	Alluvial mid plain	Colluvium	1–2	Poor	None
P6	1280	Alluvial mid plain	Colluvium	1–2	Well drained	None
P7	1147	Alluvial plain	Alluvium	2–5	Well drained	None
P8	1185	Alluvial mid plain	Colluvium	1–2	Well drained	None
P9	1185	Alluvial mid plain	Colluvium	1–2	Well drained	None
P10	1204	Alluvial mid plain	Lacustrine	1–2	Well drained	None
P11	1120	Alluvial plain	Alluvium	1–2	Well drained	None
P12	1137	Alluvial plain	Alluvium	2–5	Well drained	gully

Generally, the soils in CSB are made of alluvial and colluvial materials from the surrounding western escarpments