Land degradation is a major constraint to sustainable agricultural development in Ethiopia. This study was designed to investigate the effect of bench terrace on selected soil physical and chemical properties in Andit Tid watershed, North Shewa Zone. A total of 90 soil samples (2 treatments*3 replication of sample plot *5consecutive terraces* 3 position/zones:-(loss, middle Deposition zone) were collected from 0-20cm depth. Separate soil samples for bulk density determination were collected based on similar sampling design. Results showed that textural fractions of sand and silt (p=0.001), and soil pH (p=0.027) showed significant variation with treatments while variations in clay, SOM, bulk density, and CEC were not significant. Sand fraction was higher in soils under non-terraced while silt and soil pH were higher under terraced farmland. Soil moisture content showed significant variation (p=0.021) with position: higher at the deposition than the rest positions. Although not significant clay, SOM, and CEC values were found to be higher under farmland with terraces than the non-terraced. This indicated that terrace cultivated lands have improved aggregate stability and good moisture content and non terrace cultivated land have low pore space, low water holding capacity and organic matter content than terrace cultivated land. The higher mean moisture content on deposition zone could be related to the downward movement of clay fractions through erosion. Generally, terracing has a remarkable role in improving soil physical and chemical properties. In addition both terraced and non-terraced cultivated land also required integrated SWC measure for better result. Additional research need to be conducted on the effect of soil properties considering other variables like biological measure and other physical structures.
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