Hilly red soil with various landscape position and soil utilization styles were sampled and analyzed

results shows that effects of landscape variation and soil utilization styles on soil properties and soil water characteristics were obvious. For natural woodland and tea land

with reduced topography altitude

soil clay content was decreased and soil organic matter

soil water-stable aggregates

soil aeration were increased. But variation of soil nutrient content and soil structure characteristic was not obvious for artificial dry land and orange land. Variation of soil properties with landscape and soil utilization styles affected soil water-retention and soil water-supply characteristic

amounts of soil water retention on top of slope was larger than that of middle or bottom of slope. Due to absence of enough capillary pores

it was difficult for red soil to supply continuously enough water for crop growth.