Environmental Systems Research

Table 2 K-factor determined from soil organic matter and texture analysis data of Gelda catchment using Stone and Hilborn (2012) technique

From: Implications of land use/cover dynamics on soil erosion potential of agricultural watershed, northwestern highlands of Ethiopia

No	Soil type	Particle size (%)			Textural classes	SOM (%)	K-factor
No	Soil type	Sand	Clay	Silt	Textural classes	SOM (%)	K-factor
1	Dystric Gleysol	34.6	41.7	23.8	Clay	2.6	0.21
2	Dystric Nitisol	28.3	35.7	36.0	Clay loam	2.8	0.28
3	Eutric Nitisol	48.3	29.7	22.0	Silty clay loam	3.5	0.30
4	Orthic Luvisol	52.0	16.0	32.0	Loam	2.8	0.20
5	Eutric Regosol	33.0	25.0	42.0	Loam	2.6	0.20

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