For the sustainable development and ecological construction in the Jinyun Mountain

it is important to describe the spatial variability of soil properties on slope woodland and infiltration processes for different vegetation types.Soil moisture

electrical conductivity and pH for 80 soil samples were measured

and the spatial variability was studied on the grids of 2m×2 m.Results showed that data of each variable fitted normal distribution

and there is a significant correlation between electrical conductivity and pH(α=0.01).The mean of CV% for each variable along the longitudinal slope was greater than that on the horizontal one.Soil moisture within different rows in both longitudinal and horizontal slope directions was not significantly influenced

whereas electrical conductivity and pH in the longitudinal slope direction were significantly influenced(α=0.01).The data were then analyzed using theory of geostatistics.It was found that soil moisture had a floating feature in both slope directions

and pH not only had the floating feature in the horizontal direction

but also showed the pure nugget effect in the longitudinal direction.Electrical conductivity showed a spatial structure in the horizontal direction

but did not have spatial relativity for the larger stochastic variability.The experiments on infiltration process in five standard lands demonstrated that steady-state infiltration rates in cultivated land and broad-leaved forest were 4.81 mm/min and 3.15 mm/min

respectively

and were 14 times and 9 times higher than that in coniferous-leaved forest

respectively.The amounts of 1h cumulated infiltration in cultivated land and broad-leaved forest were 1 365.58 mm and 518.46 mm

respectively

and were 37 times and 14 times higher than that in coniferous-leaved forest

respectively.