International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Environmental Sciences 2319 - 1414 4 1 2015 January 22 Estimating Status of Soil Organic Carbon in Tropical Forests of Narmada Forest Division, Gujarat, India 19 23 EN Hakami BaderA. 1 Faculty of Earth Sciences, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA Seif El-SayedSedekAbu 2 Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag, 82524, EGYPT Arumugam A. 1 S.T Hindu College of Education, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, INDIA Kumar SugirthaP. 2 Department of Chemistry and Research centre, Women’s Christian College, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, INDIA Prabhaker G. 1 Department of Environmental Science, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500 007, Telangana, INDIA Chapla J. 2 Yadav R.S. 1 Sir P.T Science College, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (HNGU), Patan-Gujarat,-384265, INDIA Pandya I.Y. 2 Jangid M.S. 3 > Research Paper 2014 11 13 2015 January 22 Present study deals with the assessment of organic carbon content in the tropical forest soils of Narmada Forest Division (NFD). Soil samples were collected during summer season by stratified random sampling method. Soil samples were collected from two depth class 0-15cm and 15-30cm. In 0-15 cm layer of Dry Deciduous Forest (DDF) showed Organic carbon content (Percentage) is in the range of 1.3±0.1 to 1.8±0.5 while, in 15-30cm it is in the range of 0.9±0.2 to 1.5±0.5. In 0-15 cm layer of Moist Deciduous Forest (MDF) showed Organic carbon content percentage is in the range of 1.1±0.3 to 1.8±0.3 while in 15-30cm it is in the range of 0.7±0.5 to 1.9±0.3. In 0-15 cm layer of Riverine Forest (RF) showed Organic carbon content is in the range of 1.2±0.2 to 1.9±0.1 while in 15-30cm it is in the range of 1.0±0.7to 1.7±0.4. Topography analysis shows that slope of all forest type possess highest Organic Carbon (OC) 1.8 Percentage. Copyright@ International Science Community Association