Journal of Tropical Soils
Vol 15, No 1: January 2010

Land Characteristics of Batang Pelepat Watershed in Bungo District, Jambi

Sunarti Sunarti (Soil Science Study Program, Agriculture Faculty University of Jambi. Kampus Pinang Masak Jl. Raya Jambi - Muara Bulian Km 15 Mendalo Darat, Jambi)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Apr 2018

Abstract

Land Characteristics of Batang Pelepat Watershed In Bungo District, Jambi (Sunarti): Land characteristics describe biophysics characteristics of watershed. But, land has been used for economic oriented. The objective of this research is to identify land characteristics of Batang Pelepat watershed. Data collection was carried out by survey based on land unit map and analyzed by descriptive analysis. The results showed that land in Batang Pelepat watershed consist of 23 land units and some land use types (forest, rubber and oil palm farming, settlement and shrub), soil parent materials variously (alluvium, granite, tuff andesite, basalt, and clay rock), soil depth ranges from 88 to 160 cm and soil texture is classified moderate fine to fine. Lands were dominated by slope of >15–30% and >45–65% and dystrudepts of soil group with soil fertility level very low to low because its pH about 3.80-6.20, base saturation about 7.86-32.79% and P- available about 2.80-25.00 ppm. Various land use has also caused different erosion and permeability levels.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

tropicalsoil

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Environmental Science

Description

Journal of Tropical Soils (JTS) publishes all aspects in the original research of soil science (soil physic and soil conservation, soil mineralogy, soil chemistry and soil fertility, soil biology and soil biochemical, soil genesis and classification, land survey and land evaluation, land development ...