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the quality of soil (Irshad et al., 2015; Jaiarree et al., 2011). The relationships among various land use type’s forests, agricultural areas, and grasslands could be considered as plant – soil – water relationships on a large extent. Then, to clarify these relationships, it is necessary to get familiar with the soils in the catchment and determine the characteristics of the soils, which support and develop the plant life in the first place, and store and transmit the water. Many studies (Deng et al., 2016; Franzluebbers and Stuedemann, 2010; Mohawesh et al., 2015) indicate that strong and statistically significant relationships between soil quality and land use type. For example, improper agricultural practices and overgrazing reduce the soil to the forces of erosion (Alkharabsheh et al., 2013; Conant et al., 2016; Recanatesi, 2015). Effects of land use changes on soil properties is inherently regional and highly dependent on the soil type (Abu – Hashim et al., 2016; Göl and Dengiz, 2007), climate (Teferi et al., 2016), and topography (Başkan et al., 2016). So, there is need to assess the effects of land use/cover changes have on soil properties in different ecological regions. |