Study of hydrological soil properties of salt affected areas around Gohana, Sonipat district, Haryana

Monitoring of hydrological data is pre-requisite for systematic and scientific designing of sub-surface drainage system for control water logging and salinity. In the present study, field experiments were conducted to determine various soil hydrological and physico-chemical properties (soil texture, color, permeability, infiltration, soil moisture characteristics, dry density, total dissolved solids, SAR, etc.) under saline soils around Gohana tehsil. The majority of the area is represented by silt loam texture with varying soil color having dominance of yellowish brown in top layer. The in-situ permeability was measured using Guelph Permeameter in the field and its values were found to vary from 0.01 to 0.69 m/d for silt loam. The SAR of the soil generally varied from 0.5 to 54. The infiltration data of area was fitted with Kostiakov’s type cumulative infiltration function (Y=a *t b ) and its coefficient of determination (r 2 ) varied from 0.956 to 0.998. The present data would be useful in planning of on farm land and water management strategies ultimately for enhancing the productivity of the land.