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Table 13 Simple correlation surface soil (0–20 cm) between land use and soil properties

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

 

Fe

Mn

Zn

Cu

Ec

Silt

Clay

Na

K

Ca

Mg

CEC

PBS

TN

OC

AP

AK

CaCO3

PH(H2O)

PH(KCl)

Cations

Anions

Fe

1

− 0.35*

0.75***

0.31*

− 0.07

0.2

− 0.35*

− 0.01

0.28*

− 0.35*

0.1

− 0.07

0.47**

0.51**

0.5**

0.72***

0.12

− 0.07

− 0.26*

− 0.33*

− 0.06

− 0.12

Mn

 

1

− 0.22*

0.49**

0.06

− 0.48**

0.53**

0.03

0.42**

0.27*

0.08

0.42**

0.04

− 0.03

0.03

− 0.48**

0.48**

− 0.13

0.48**

0.47**

0.38*

0.38

Zn

  

1

0.52**

0.12

0.02

− 0.12

0.29*

0.42**

− 0.28*

0.21

0.05

0.21*

0.68**

0.69**

0.69**

0.25*

− 0.38*

− 0.1

− 0.12

0.06

0.04

Cu

   

1

0.1

− 0.18

0.28*

− 0.03

0.74***

− 0.42**

0.2

− 0.12

0.42**

0.21*

0.14

0.08

0.66**

− 0.36*

− 0.08

− 0.13

− 0.02

− 0.05

Ec

    

1

0.08

− 0.14

0.5

0

0.06

0.78

0.38*

0.06

− 0.17

0.08

0.12

0.07

0.04

0.04

− 0.02

0.6**

0.56

Silt

     

1

− 0.84***

− 0.29*

0.23

− 0.62**

0.14

− 0.74***

0.29*

− 0.48**

0.47**

− 0.12

0.31*

− 0.15

− 0.17

− 0.27*

− 0.5

− 0.54

Clay

      

1

0.29*

− 0.08

0.37*

0.35

0.55**

0.3

0.37

0.31*

0

0.15

0.07

0.17

0.2

0.19

0.23

Na

       

1

− 0.29*

0.49**

− 0.1

0.22*

0.65**

0.44**

0.57**

0.23*

0.34*

− 0.15

0.48**

0.41*

0.47**

0.47

K

        

1

− 0.59**

0.24*

− 0.23*

0.57**

0.08

0.02

− 0.9***

0.96***

− 0.5

− 0.07

− 0.11

− 0.19

− 0.22

Ca

         

1

0.15

0.78***

0.71***

0.22*

0.34*

− 0.13

0.57**

0.34*

0.54**

0.62**

0.6**

0.64

Mg

          

1

0.36*

0.19

0.48**

0.22*

− 0.03

0.11

− 0.49**

0.09

0.08

− 0.47**

− 0.42

CEc

           

1

0.45**

0.56**

0.53**

0

0.31*

0.11

0.4

0.49**

0.4**

0.45

PBs

            

1

0.13

0.17

− 0.26*

0.54**

− 0.03

0.66**

0.68**

0.16

0.2

TN

             

1

0.93***

0.61**

0.14

− 0.31*

0.03

0.04

0.25*

0.27

OC

              

1

0.7***

0.16

− 0.11

0.16

0.18

0.44**

0.44

AP

               

1

0.21*

0.19

− 0.24*

− 0.25*

0.18

0.15

AK

                

1

− 0.4

0.04

0.01

− 0.16

− 0.21

CaCO3

                 

1

− 0.02

0,04

0.08

0.07

pH(H2O)

                  

1

0.97***

0.33*

0.32

pH(KCl)

                   

1

0.36*

0.35

Cations

                    

1

0.99

Anions

                     

1

  1. *, **, *** significant at 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001 or than probability levels, respectively