Efficacy Of Different Soil Conservation Measures On Soil Properties And Erodibility Of Babina Watershed Of District Jhansi In Bundelkhand

Abstract

The study was carried out in Babina watershed of district Jhansi in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh (India) under Operational Research Project for resource conservation on sustained basis. The Bedaura (Mar) and Chamraua (Kabar) soil series of watershed representing typical black soil were richer in water stable aggregate and less erodible as compared to Imilia (Parwa) and Amarpur (Rakar) series (red soil ) and follow the erodibility order as: Bedaura lt Chamraua lt Imilia lt Amarpur The result represented that erodibility among the project area varies according to soil conservation measures adopted. Ravines lands with conventional up and down cultivated soils are more erodible in comparison to land treated by various soil conservation practices. On the basis of erosion ratio, erosion index and water stable aggregate as principle indices of erodibility, soil under various soil conservation practices may be arranged in the order of : Conventional method gt Peripheral bunding gt Sunken structure gt check dam gt contour bunding gt land leveling and field bunding gt submerged bund with vegetative gt vegetative barriers newline