Table 2 Land use change patterns comparing the year 2009 with 2015 for Bangtranoi (BTN) and Huaisai (HS) Watersheds Agriculture Footnote: % (change) is shown below the 2015 figures. 4.2 Soil resources The soil texture was classified as sandy loam in BTN and sand in HS. Soil infiltration showed very high rate for BTN and HS with an average of 31.52 and 30.91 cm/hr, respectively. Soil fertility focused on N, P, K and Ca which were under the low rate while Mg showed a high rate in both BTN and HS (Table 3). On site soil erosion was classified as moderate rate for BTN (20.29 tons/ha/yr) whereas low rate was defined for HS (7.18 tons/ha/yr) (Table 4). Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the 259 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand Forest Communities Water bodies Miscellaneous Total 19.50 16.54 17.49 1.32 9.25 64.10 17.61 16.07 21.55 2.94 5.93 64.10 7.06 6.41 3.86 0.71 1.47 19.51 4.66 6.64 6.04 0.99 1.18 19.51 Land use type Bangtranoi (sq.km.) Huaisai (sq.km.) 2009 2015 2009 2015
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