Physicochemical assessment of soil in Kyunja Gad watershed, district Rudraprayag Uttarakhand, India

Abstract

Physicochemical analysis of soil provides information about the current environmental status of the regions. In this present study we focus on agricultural soils with physical and chemical properties. Soil samples were collected from three different depth viz., 0-10, 10-20 and 20-30 cm from agriculture land and also from six different locations covering Kyunja Gad Watershed, district Rudraprayag (Uttrakhand) India during the month of January to December 2016. Part of analysis contain in soil texture (sand 83.70% to 99.61%, silt 1.89 % to 13.74 % and clay 0.11–2.93%), water holding capacity (23.8% to 33.04%), pH (6.6 to 7.4), Carbon (0.56% to 0.82%), potassium (112-190.4 kg-ha). phosphorous (27.3 Kg/hectare to 41.7 Kg/hectare) and Sulfur ranged from 14.58 ppm to 18.38 ppm. Physiochemical results showed that agriculture soil of study area had nutrient rich.