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Insolation Or The Amoun: An Analysis
Table (Figure 4.1) and graphs (Figure 4.2 and 4.3) clearly depict that the amount of moisture in the soil on the south facing slope is much higher than that of the north facing slope. On average, the south facing slope contains 3.5 units of water while the north facing slope only contains 1.3 units of water in its soil. Therefore the amount of moisture in the soil on the south facing slope is signficantly more that of the north facing slope. As can be seen in Figure 4.1, all 10 sites have lower soil moisture contents on the north facing slope. This shows that the findings are accurate and consistant, there is no doubt about the fact that the south facing slope is wetter. The data collected has clearly established the fact there is a big difference in the soil moisture contents on either slope, and the North facing slope is far drier than the South facing slope. It is pleasing to see that the results are very similar to what many researchers, namely Kathryn C. Hund (2002), Jonathan Bennie (2008), J. Geroy (2011) and A.Y. Hanna (1982) have stated in the review of literature, and that the findings convincingly agree with and support the hypothesis.
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The aim was to prove that there were differences in these four factors on either side of the plateu, which consisted of a north and south facing slope. The researcher was successful in proving these differences reaching the original goal set at the beginning of the task. Better yet, the results discussed in the process of findings were very similar to what was found by previous researchers in the review of literature. All the researchers in the review of literature had the same opinions and findings, which were that on a North facing slope there is generally more mesic vegetation, lower soil moisture content, higher temperatures and more

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