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Table 2 Basic physical and chemical parameters of the soil of the farmland across the three study areas

From: Appraisal of lead (Pb) contamination and potential exposure risk associated with agricultural soils and some cultivated plants in gold mines

Soil parameters	Abare	Bagega	Dareta
pH	7.491667	7.096667	6.9
EC (ds/m)	0.176667	0.110833	0.1
OC(g/kg)	0.374167	0.603333	0.57
Available P (mg/kg)	4.296667	2.561667	2.45
Total N (g/kg)	1.256667	1.416667	1.4
K cmol ( +)/kg	0.23	0.22	0.2
Na cmol ( +)/kg	0.12	0.248333	0.18
Ca cmol ( +)/kg	10.875	6.716667	6
Mg cmol ( +)/kg	0.844167	1.079167	1

OC: organic carbon; EC: electric conductivitiy, pH, soil acodity

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