Table 2 Land mapping units and their descriptive names of Ambesh watershed

Eutric vertisol lithic leptosols

VR_e–LP_q

Eutric Vertisol (E_uV_r) Lithic Leptosols (L_iL_pq) with second level subunit name Lithic (2L_i) which is Lithic Leptosols having light clay and clay loam with a deeper soil depth more than 200 cm and its slope ranges from 0 to 4.3 degrees with an altitude range of 2310 to 2365 m.a.s.l

Eutric vertisols

VR_e–NT_u

Eutric Vertisols (E_uV_r) with list of third level Humic Nitosols (3H_uN_tu) top soil up to 30 cm depth. Soil structure light clay soil. The land unit slope is flat to gentle slope ranges from 0 to 7.8 degrees with an altitude range of 2365 to 2412 m.a.s.l

Humic nitosol

NT_u–VR_e

Humic Nitosol (H_uN_tu) with list of third level Eutric Vertisol (3E_uV_r) having humic horizon: soil structure light clay loam. The dominant slope range is from 7.8 to 11.8 degree (gentle to steep slope) with an altitude range of 2412 to 2451 m.a.s.l

Lithic leptosols calcaric fluvisols

LP_k.P_q–FL_c

Rendizic Leptosols (R_dL_pq)/Lithic Leptosols Calcaric Fluvisols (L_iL_pCF) with the third level subunit Leptic (3L_pq) having leptic horizon; associated with loam, clay loam. With a slope dominated by the range of 11.8 to 25.42 degree steep slope with an altitude range of 2451 to 2502 m.a.s.l