Surface soil factors and soil characteristics in geo-physical milieu of Kebbi State Nigeria
Soil erodibility (K factor) is the most important tool for estimation the erosion. The aim of this study Soil factors and surface soil characteristics are important components of agricultural environment. They support surface and subsurface soils to perform many functions to agriculture and economic...
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| description | Soil erodibility (K factor) is the most important tool for estimation the erosion. The aim of this study Soil factors and surface soil characteristics are important components of agricultural environment. They support surface and subsurface soils to perform many functions to agriculture and economic human developments. Understanding these factors would aid to the recognition of the values that our soil and land offered to humanity. It is therefore, aim of this study to visualise and examine the soil factors and surface soil characteristics in Kebbi State Nigeria. An Integrated Surface Soil Approach (ISSA) was used in the classification and description of soil environment in the study region. The factors constituted in the ISSA are important components of soil science that theories and practice(s) noted to provide ideas on how soil environment functioned. The results indicate that the surface soil environments around Arewa, Argungu, Augie, Birnin Kebbi and Dandi are physically familiar with the following surface soil characteristics: bad-lands, blown-out-lands, cirque-lands, fertile-lands, gullied-lands, miscellaneous and rock-outcrops.The major soil factors observed hat played an important role in surface soil manipulations and soil formation are alluvial, colluvial, fluvial and lacustrine; ant, earthworms and termite; and various forms of surface relief supported by temperature, rainfall, relative humidity and wind. Overall, the surface soil environment of the region was describe according to their physical appearance into fadama clay soils, fadama clay-loam soils, dryland sandy soils, dryland sandy-loam soils, dryland stony soils and organic-mineral soils. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-68a0b56cc94e4e56b1b1ce2a156c832b2023-09-02T11:30:54ZengFederation of Eurasian Soil Science SocietiesEurasian Journal of Soil Science2147-42492147-42492016-07-015320922010.18393/ejss.2016.3.209-220Surface soil factors and soil characteristics in geo-physical milieu of Kebbi State NigeriaSuleiman Usman 0Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Federal University Dutse (FUD), Jigawa State, NigeriaSoil erodibility (K factor) is the most important tool for estimation the erosion. The aim of this study Soil factors and surface soil characteristics are important components of agricultural environment. They support surface and subsurface soils to perform many functions to agriculture and economic human developments. Understanding these factors would aid to the recognition of the values that our soil and land offered to humanity. It is therefore, aim of this study to visualise and examine the soil factors and surface soil characteristics in Kebbi State Nigeria. An Integrated Surface Soil Approach (ISSA) was used in the classification and description of soil environment in the study region. The factors constituted in the ISSA are important components of soil science that theories and practice(s) noted to provide ideas on how soil environment functioned. The results indicate that the surface soil environments around Arewa, Argungu, Augie, Birnin Kebbi and Dandi are physically familiar with the following surface soil characteristics: bad-lands, blown-out-lands, cirque-lands, fertile-lands, gullied-lands, miscellaneous and rock-outcrops.The major soil factors observed hat played an important role in surface soil manipulations and soil formation are alluvial, colluvial, fluvial and lacustrine; ant, earthworms and termite; and various forms of surface relief supported by temperature, rainfall, relative humidity and wind. Overall, the surface soil environment of the region was describe according to their physical appearance into fadama clay soils, fadama clay-loam soils, dryland sandy soils, dryland sandy-loam soils, dryland stony soils and organic-mineral soils.http://www.fesss.org/download/arsiv/JX3I17XL.pdfSoil factorssoil characteristicsassessment |
| spellingShingle | Suleiman Usman Surface soil factors and soil characteristics in geo-physical milieu of Kebbi State Nigeria Eurasian Journal of Soil Science Soil factors soil characteristics assessment |
| title | Surface soil factors and soil characteristics in geo-physical milieu of Kebbi State Nigeria |
| title_full | Surface soil factors and soil characteristics in geo-physical milieu of Kebbi State Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Surface soil factors and soil characteristics in geo-physical milieu of Kebbi State Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surface soil factors and soil characteristics in geo-physical milieu of Kebbi State Nigeria |
| title_short | Surface soil factors and soil characteristics in geo-physical milieu of Kebbi State Nigeria |
| title_sort | surface soil factors and soil characteristics in geo physical milieu of kebbi state nigeria |
| topic | Soil factors soil characteristics assessment |
| url | http://www.fesss.org/download/arsiv/JX3I17XL.pdf |
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