THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LAND USE TYPES AND MOISTURE CONTENTS AT THE SURFACE SOIL IN THE ÇANKIRI-ELDİVAN REGION

The objective of this research was to investigate the effects of different land uses (agriculture-forest-grassland) and aspect on hydrophysical soil properties. In order to determine those effects, some hydrophysical and chemical analyses were done on 79 soil samples from 21 soil profiles at two aspects covered by natural forest, plantation, grazing land and agricultural land. Results showed that hydraulic conductivity properties changed with land use type, and hydraulic conductivity and field capacity changed with aspect significantly. Keywords: Land use type, Soil, Hydrophysical soil properties, Cankiri-Eldivan