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Basic Data of The Soil Regions
Basic Data of The Soil Regions
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For climate values see table3.
2
Additional gradations are specified in this table contrary to map 30, where the calculated elevation and slope classes are displayed.
2 Soil regions with boreal climate
21 Soil regions with predominant boreal oceanic climate
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation
number dominant soils associated soils slope class
position code code material use class
igneous and metamorphic
Norway: Umbric Leptosols LPum
rocks, mixed pattern semi- hill to low level to
10 coastal area of Nordland Lithic Leptosols LPli Dystric Histosols HSdy
patchy morainic deposits, natural mountain sloping
and Nord-Troendelag Haplic Podzols PZha
peat
igneous and metamorphic
Norway: Lithic and Umbric LPli, LPum
Haplic Podzols PZha rocks, level to
11 Nord- and Soer- Leptosols grassland hill
Dystric Regosols RGdy patchy morainic deposits, sloping
Troendelag Dystric Histosols HSdy
peat
Haplic and Carbic igneous and metamorphic
PZha, PZcb undulating
Norway: Podzols Dystric Histosols HSdy rocks, semi-natural mixed
12 low mountain level to
Romsdal, Hordaland Lithic and Umbric Dystric Cambisols CMdy patchy morainic deposits, pattern
LPli, LPum sloping
Leptosols peat
peat,
hill to low level to
25 Northwest Scotland Dystric Histosols HSdy Haplic Podzols PZha igneous and metamorphic shrubland
mountain sloping
rocks, morainic deposits
igneous and metamorphic
Norway:
Lithic and Umbric Dystric Histosols HSdy rocks, mixed cultivation hill to low level to
26 coastal area of Sogn og LPli, LPum
Leptosols Haplic Podzols PZha peat, patchy morainic pattern mountain sloping
Fjordane and Hordaland
deposits, marine deposits
Lithic and Umbric igneous and metamorphic
LPli, LPum Gleyic and Dystric CMgl,
Southwest Norway: Leptosols rocks, mixed cultivation level to
27 Cambisols CMdy hill
Rogaland Haplic and Carbic patchy morainic deposits, pattern sloping
PZha, PZcb Dystric Histosols HSdy
Podzols marine deposits, peat
peat
Ordovician and Silurian
Calcaric Cambisols CMca, limestone,
50 Estonia Eutric Gleysols GLeu rainfed arable land plain flat
Eutric Regosols RGeu morainic and glaciolacustrine
deposits
Estonia Eutric Gleysols GLeu loamy to sandy morainic and
Dystric and Eutric mixed cultivation
51 West Russia: Pskov Haplic and Carbic HSdy, HSeu glaciolacustrine deposits, plain flat
Histosols pattern
district Podzols PZha, PZcb peat
Middle Sweden: Eutric and Dystric HSeu, peat, moderate
52 Haplic Podzols PZha coniferous forest low mountain
Kopparberg district Histosols HSdy loamy morainic deposits level
Northeast Russia: Dystric and Eutric HSdy, peat, mixed cultivation
53 Mollic Gleysols GLmo plain flat
Lake Rybinsk area Histosols HSeu glaciolacustrine deposits pattern
morainic and glaciofluvial
Russia: Haplic Luvisols LVha deposits,
54 Mollic Gleysols GLmo rainfed arable land plain flat
Tula and Ryazan districts Greyic Phaeozems PHgz partly glaciolacustrine
deposits and loess
Eutric Gleysols loamy to sandy morainic,
Southeast Estonia Stagnic Luvisols LVst GLeu
55 Endoeutric glaciolacustrine and fluvial rainfed arable land plain flat
North Latvia Haplic Podzols PZha ABeun
Albeluvisols deposits
Stagnic and Gleyic LVst, LVgl clayey to silty glaciolacustrine
East Latvia
Luvisols sediments, loamy to sandy mixed cultivation
56 West Russia: Pskov Haplic Podzols PZha plain flat to level
Eutric Histosols HSeu morainic and fluvial deposits, pattern
district
Gleyic Podzols PZgl peat
igneous and metamorphic
Rustic Podzols PZrs Lithic Leptosols Lpli
South Norway: rocks, level to
57 Vertic and Gleyic Dystric and Eutric coniferous forest plain to hill
Akershus district Palaeozoic sedimentary sloping
Cambisols CMvt, CMgl Histosols HSdy, HSeu
rocks, glacial deposits, peat
geographical WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation
number dominant soils associated soils WRB-code slope class
position code material use class
loamy morainic deposits,
Sweden: Kopparberg Gleyic and Carbic PZgl, PZcb
Haplic Podzols PZha peat, semi-natural mixed moderate
58 distr. Podzols low mountain
Eutric Histosols HSeu outcrops of igneous and pattern level
South Norway: Hedmark Gleysols GL
metamorphic rocks
Gleyic and Carbic PZgl, PZcb loamy morainic deposits,
Middle Sweden: Väster- Haplic Podzols PZha
59 Podzols igneous amd metamorphic coniferous forest hill level
norrland and Jämtland Dystric Cambisols CMdy
Eutric Cambisols CMeu rocks
Middle Sweden: loamy morainic deposits,
Gleyic and Carbic
60 Jämtland and Haplic Podzols PZha PZgl, PZcb igneous amd metamorphic coniferous forest hill level
Podzols
Västernorrland rocks
Dystric Histosols HSdy
Middle and South Haplic Podzols PZha loamy to sandy morainic mixed forest typ
61 Vertic Cambisols CMvr plain flat to level
Finland Dystric Cambisols CMdy deposits, peat pattern
Vertic Gleysols GLvr
Middle Finland:
Haplic Podzols PZha Carbic Podzols PZcb loamy morainic deposits, mixed forest typ
62 Kuopio and Mikkeli plain flat
Dystric Histosols HSdy Dystric Cambisols CMdy peat pattern
district
42 Soil regions with predominant temperate oceanic to warm temperate oceanic up to temperate sub-oceanic climate,
partly sub-mediterranean climate
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation
number dominant soils associated soils slope class
position code code material use class
loess,
France: Champagne, Ile Dystric and Eutric
71 ABdy, ABeu Haplic Pozols PZha Tertiary and Cretaceous rainfed arable land plain flat to level
de France, Normandie Albeluvisols
sedimentary rocks
Tertiary molasses
Chromic Cambisols CMcr (conglomerates) and other
France: Calcaric Cambisols CMca
72 Haplic and Stagnic sedimentary rocks rainfed arable land plain to hill flat to level
Gascogne Eutric Albeluvisols ABeu
Luvisols LVha, LVst (marlstone, limestone),
fluvial Quaternary sediments
Spain: Vizcaya, Cretaceous, partly Tertiary
Eutric Cambisols CMeu Haplic Umbrisols UMha mixed cultivation level to
73 Guipúscoa France: sedimentary rocks hill
Haplic Luvisols LVha Haplic Calcisols CLha pattern sloping
Bearn (limestone, sandstone)
Calcic Luvisols LVcc clayey to sandy Jurassic and flat to
France: Rendzic Leptosols LPrz
74 Calcaric Regosols RGca Cretaceous deposits, chalk, rainfed arable land plain to hill undulating
Dordogne Chromic Cambisols CMcr
Gleyic Solonchaks SCgl limestone level
130
GLeu
England: Eutric Gleysols
CMca, Chromic and Gleyic clayey and marly Jurassic undulating
90 Somerset, Wiltshire, Calcaric, Eutric and LVcr, LVgl rainfed arable land plain to hill
CMeu, Luvisols and Cretaceous rocks level
Oxford Gleyic Cambisols
CMgl
Dystric, Humic and GLdy, Palaeozoic sedimentary
Ireland, Scotland, Haplic and Placic level to
91 Calcaric Gleysols GLhu, GLca PZha, PZpi rocks, igneous rocks, grassland plain to hill
England Podzols sloping
Dystric Histosols HSdy glacial deposits, peat
Dystric and Eutric GLdy, GLeu igneous, metamorphic and flat to
Placic Podzols, PZpi
92 Northern Ireland Gleysols Palaeozoic sedimentary grassland plain to hill undulating
Dystric Histosols HSdy
Dystric Cambisols CMdy rocks, glacial deposits, peat level
Chromic and Haplic LVcr, LVha flat to
Upper Cretaceous
93 South England Rendzic Leptosols LPrz Luvisols rainfed arable land plain undulating
calcareous rocks (chalk)
Stagnic Gleysols GLst level
Denmark: Fyn,
Northwest and East flat to
Haplic and Gleyic Eutric Cambisols CMeu
94 Jylland LVha, LVgl loamy morainic deposits rainfed arable land plain undulating
Luvisols Eutric Gleysols GLeu
Germany: Schleswig- level
Holst.
Haplic Luvisols LVha Mesozoic sedimentary rocks
Haplic Arenosols ARha level,
95 England Mollic and Stagnic (marl, limestone), glacial rainfed arable land plain to hill
Eutric Cambisols CMeu partly sloping
Gleysols GLmo, GLst deposits
Palaeozoic and Mesozoic
Stagnic and Haplic Eutric Cambisols CMeu mixed cultivation level to
96 England LVst, LVha sedimentary rocks, plain to hill
Luvisols Rendzic Leptosols LPrz pattern sloping
glacial deposits
Gleyic and Chromic LVgl, LVcr glacial deposits, Upper
England: Calcaric Cambisols CMca
97 Luvisols Cretaceous calcareous rocks rainfed arable land plain flat
Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex Eutric Arenosols AReu
Gleyic Cambisols CMgl (chalk, limestone)
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation slope
number dominant soils associated soils
position code code material use class class
Haplic and Placic PZha, PZpi Palaeozoic sedimentary
98 Ireland Haplic Luvisols LVha Podzols rocks (limestone), grassland plain flat to level
Dystric Gleysols GLdy glacial deposits
loess, loessic and residual
Eutric and Calcaric CMeu,
France: loam,
Cambisols CMca
99 Normandie, Picardie, Haplic Luvisols LVha Cretaceous and Tertiary rainfed arable land plain flat
Eutric Arenosols AReu
Artois sedimentary rocks
Rendzic Leptosols LPrz
(limestone)
France: Flandre
Belgium: Henegouws Haplic Luvisols LVha loess and loessic loam,
100 Eutric Gleysols GLeu rainfed arable land plain flat to level
and Haspengouw plateau Haplic Albeluvisols ABha residual or redeposited loam
Germany: Kölner Bucht
sandy glaciofluvial and
Haplic and Gleyic PZha, PZgl Plaggic Anthrosols ATpa sandy to loamy morainic
Germany:
Podzols Haplic Luvisols LVha deposits,
101 Münsterland, rainfed arable land plain flat
Dystric and Stagnic CMdy, Dystric Histosols HSdy eolian sand, peat,
Oldenburger Land
Cambisols CMst Umbric Gleysols GLum Cretaceous sedimentary
rocks
Germany: Emsland
Plaggic Anthrosols ATpa eolian sand,
Netherlands: Gleyic and Haplic mixed cultivation
102 PZgl, PZha Dystric Histosols HSdy sandy loess, glacial deposits, plain flat
Gelderland, Noord Podzols pattern
Dystric Regosols RGdy peat
Brabant
Denmark: West Jylland sandy glaciofluvial and
Haplic Podzols PZha Eutric Histosols HSeu
103 Germany: Schleswig- sandy to loamy morainic rainfed arable land plain flat
Dystric Cambisols CMdy Haplic Arenosols ARha
Holst. deposits, peat
132
431 Soil regions with predominant temperate oceanic to temperate sub-oceanic climate
influenced by mountains
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation slope
number dominant soils associated soils
position code code material use class class
Dystric Cambisols Placic Podzols PZpi Palaeozoic metamorphic and
Wales: CMdy hill to low level to
105 Endoskeletic Dystric and Mollic GLdy, sedimentary rocks (slate, grassland
Cambrian Mountains UMskn mountain sloping
Umbrisols Gleysols GLmo sandstone), igneous rocks
441 Soil regions with predominant temperate sub-oceanic climate influenced by mountains
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation slope
number dominant soils associated soils
position code code material use class class
Acroxic Andosols ANao basic volcanic rocks, acid
France: mixed forest typ low mountain to
124 Episkeletic Podzols PZskp Dystric Cambisols CMdy plutonic rocks and sloping
Massif Central pattern mountain
Umbrisols UM metamorphic rocks
Palaeozoic metamorphic and
Germany: Dystric and Eutric CMdy, Haplic Podzols PZha sedimentary rocks (slate, mixed forest typ level to
125 low mountain
Harz Cambisols CMeu Eutric Gleysols GLeu greywacke, limestone), pattern sloping
acid plutonic rocks
acid plutonic and
metamorphic rocks,
France: Vosges Dystric Cambisols CMdy mixed forest typ level to
126 Umbric Leptosols LPum Palaeozoic and Mesozoic low mountain
Germany: Schwarzwald Haplic Podzols PZha pattern sloping
sedimentary rocks
(sandstone)
France, Switzerland: Calcaric Cambisols CMca Jurassic and Cretaceous low mountain to
127 Rendzic Leptosols LPrz deciduous forest sloping
Jura Haplic Luvisols LVha limestone mountain
46 Soil regions with predominant temperate to warm temperate sub-continental climate, partly arid
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation slope
number dominant soils associated soils
136
47 Soil regions with predominant temperate sub-continental to temperate continental climate, partly arid
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation slope
number dominant soils associated soils
position code code material use class class
Haplic and Gleyic Dystric and Eutric GLdy, GLeu
ABha, ABgl Glaciofluvial, fluvial and
Southeast Belarus Albeluvisols Gleysols mixed cultivation
174 morainic deposits, plain flat
North Ukraine Haplic and Gleyic Dystric and Eutric HSdy, pattern
PZha, PZgl peat, partly loess
Podzols Histosols HSeu
PHgz,
Greyic and Haplic
Northeast Romania: PHha loess,
175 Calcic Chernozems CHcc Phaeozems rainfed arable land plain flat to level
Moldavia Tertiary sediments
Pellic Vertisols
VRpe
Haplic, Luvic and CHha, Haplic Luvisols LVha
loess,
176 Moldova Calcic Chernozems CHlv, CHcc Mollic Gleysols GLmo rainfed arable land plain flat to level
Quaternary eluvium
Haplic Phaeozems PHha Gleyic Solonetz SNgl
138
189 South Ukraine Chernozems Haplic Planosols PLha loess rainfed arable land plain flat
Haplic Kastanozems
KSha
Russia: Luvic Chernozems CHlv morainic and glaciofluvial
Haplic Luvisols LVha
190 Lipetsk and Tambov Luvic and Greyic deposits, loess, rainfed arable land plain flat
Mollic Gleysols GLmo
district Phaeozems PHlv, PHgz Quaternary eluvium
Southwest Russia: Mollic Gleysols GLmo fluvial deposits, mixed cultivation
191 Eutric Fluvisols FLeu plain flat
Krasnodar district Haplic Kastanozems KSha partly marine deposits pattern
Quaternary lake and river
Turkey: Calcaric Fluvisols FLca mixed cultivation
192 Haplic Calcisols CLha deposits and weathering low mountain level
Central Anatolia Gleyic Solonchaks SCgl pattern
products
North and Northwest Haplic and Calcic Haplic Luvisols LVha Tertiary and Mesozoic level to
193 KSha, KScc shrubland low mountain
Turkey Kastanozems Calcaric Cambisols CMca sedimentary rocks sloping
Ukraine:
Mollic Solonetz SNmo loess,
194 Black Sea Foreland Haplic Kastanozems KSha rainfed arable land plain flat
Mollic Solonchaks SCmo Quaternary eluvium
Southwest Russia
Luvic Chernozems CHlv
Southwest Russia: Haplic and Calcic Quaternary eluvium, loess,
195 KSha, KScc Mollic Gleysols GLmo rainfed arable land plain level
Stavropol district Kastanozems fluvial deposits
Greyic Phaeozems PHgz
Rendzic and Umbric LPrz, LPum Luvic Chernozems CHlv Mesozoic and Tertiary marl,
South Ukraine: plain, level,
196 Leptosols Mollic Solonetz SNmo limestone, chalk, rainfed arable land
Southern Krym partly hill partly sloping
Eutric Cambisols CMeu Haplic Kastanozems KSha Quaternary eluvium, loess
481 Soil regions with predominant temperate continental climate influenced by mountains
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation slope
number dominant soils associated soils
position code code material use class class
Haplic Umbrisols UMha
South Ukraine: mixed cultivation hill to low
197 Eutric Cambisols CMeu Eutric Regosols RGeu Mesozoic sedimentary rocks sloping
Krymskiye Gory pattern mountain
Rendzic Leptosols LPrz
CMdy, Mesozoic and Tertiary
Haplic Umbrisols UMha Dystric and Eutric
Southwest Russia: CMeu sedimentary rocks, mixed cultivation
198 Rendzic and Lithic Cambisols hill to mountain sloping
Kavkaz igneous and metamorphic pattern
Leptosols LPrz, LPli Haplic Acrisols
ACha rocks
52 Soil regions with predominant mediterranean mountainous to warm temperate mountainous climate
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation
number dominant soils associated soils slope class
position code code material use class
Spain: Calcaric, Umbric and LPca, Eutric Cambisols CMeu Jurassic and Cretaceous mixed cultivation
216 low mountain sloping
Asturias, Cantabria Rendzic Leptosols LPum, LPrz Chromic Luvisols LVcr limestone pattern
igneous and metamorphic
Spain: Haplic Umbrisols UMha Mollic Cambisols CMmo rocks, mixed cultivation low mountain to sloping,
217
Galicia, Asturias Umbric Leptosols LPum Haplic Luvisols LVha Palaeozoic and Mesozoic pattern high mountain partly steep
sedimentary rocks
53 Soil regions with predominant mediterranean oceanic to warm temperate oceanic climate
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation slope
number dominant soils associated soils
position code code material use class class
CMca,
Calcaric, Chromic and
Portugal: CMcr, Haplic Calcisols CLha Jurassic and Cretaceous mixed cultivation level,
218 Eutric Cambisols plain to hill
Estremadura CMeu Chromic Vertisols VRcr limestone, marl, sandstone pattern partly sloping
Calcic Luvisols
LVcc
Neogene sandy deposits,
Portugal: Dystric and Eutric RGdy, mixed cultivation
219 Haplic Podzols PZha marine sand, dune sand, plain flat to level
Atlantic coast area Regosols RGeu pattern
fluvial sediments
54 Soil regions with predominant mediterranean sub-oceanic climate
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant land elevation
number dominant soils associated soils dominant parent material slope class
position code code use class
Haplic Acrisols ACha Mesozoic and Tertiary
North Turkey: Haplic Umbrisols UMha
220 Dystric Cambisols CMdy sedimentary rocks and grassland low mountain sloping
Black Sea Foreland Mollic Leptosols LPmo
Haplic Calcisols CLha volcanic rocks
Calcaric, Rendzic
LPca, LPrz,
Spain: and Triassic to Tertiary limestone, mixed cultivation level to
221 Haplic Calcisols CLha LPli low mountain
Valencia, Islas Baleares Lithic Leptosols marl and sandstone pattern sloping
UMha
Haplic Umbrisols
Haplic Calcisols CLha
Spain: Eutric and Gleyic CMeu, Triassic to Tertiary limestone, mixed cultivation level to
222 Lithic, Calcaric and LPli, LPca, plain to hill
Cataluñia Cambisols CMgl marl and sandstone pattern sloping
Rendzic Leptosols LPrz
CMeu, Jurassic, Cretaceous and
Eutric and Chromic plain to hill,
Italy: CMcr Chromic Luvisols LVcr Tertiary marl, limestone, mixed cultivation level,
223 Cambisols partly low
Liguria, Toscana, Lazio Chromic Vertisols VRcr sandstone and detrital pattern partly sloping
Calcaric Regosols mountain
RGca formations
Italy: Eutric Cambisols CMeu Vertic Cambisols CMvr mixed cultivation level,
224 volcanic rocks plain to hill
Lazio, Monte Vesuvio Vitric Andosols ANvi Calcaric Regosols RGca pattern partly sloping
Italy: Quaternary marine deposits, level,
225 Vertic Cambisols CMvr Calcaric Regosols RGca rainfed arable land plain to hill
Basilicata Cretaceous sedimentary rocks partly sloping
Spain: Haplic Solonchaks SCha loamy to sandy river deposits
226 Calcaric Fluvisols FLca permanent crops plain flat
Valencia Eutric Gleysols GLeu marine sediments
Calcaric Fluvisols FLca loamy to sandy river deposits,
France: Chromic Cambisols CMcr
227 Haplic and Gleyic marine and estuarine rainfed arable land plain flat
Camargue Chromic Luvisols LVcr
Solonchaks SCha, SCgl sediments
North Turkey: Mouths of
Calcaric Fluvisols FLca sandy to loamy river deposits, mixed cultivation
228 the rivers Kizil Irmak and Haplic Arenosols ARha plain flat
142
541 Soil regions with predominant mediterranean sub-oceanic climate influenced by mountains
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation
number dominant soils associated soils slope class
position code code material use class
Chromic Cambisols CMcr
France: semi-natural mixed low mountain sloping,
234 Dystric Leptosols LPdy Leptic Umbrisols UMle igneous rocks
West Corse pattern to high mountain partly steep
Episkeletic Podzols PZskp
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation
number dominant soils associated soils slope class
position code code material use class
Mesozoic metamorphic hill,
France: Dystric Cambisols CMdy Eutric Cambisols CMeu semi-natural mixed level to
235 rocks, basalt, tuff, partly low
East Corse Chromic Luvisols LVcr Chromic Luvisols LVcr pattern sloping
Tertiary limestone and marl mountain
Dystric and Lithic LPdy, LPli
Leptosols
Italy: igneous and metamorphic mixed cultivation
236 Eutric Cambisols CMeu Umbric and Vitric ANum, ANvi hill to mountain sloping
Sardegna rocks pattern
Andosols
Chromic Luvisols LVcr
Calcaric, Rendzic and LPca, LPrz,
France: Jurassic and Cretaceous mixed cultivation low mountain sloping,
237 Lithic Leptosols LPli Chromic Luvisols LVcr
Languedoc, Provence limestone pattern to mountain partly steep
Haplic Calcisols CLha
LVcr
Dystric Regosols RGdy Chromic Luvisols igneous rocks,
Portugal: Guarda mixed cultivation low mountain
238 Haplic Umbrisols UMha Mollic and Eutric Precambrian to Palaeozoic sloping
Spain: Salamanca CMmo, pattern to mountain
Lithic Leptosols LPli Cambisols slates
CMeu
Calcaric and Eutric RGca, Calcic and Chromic
LVcc, LVcr Jurassic, Cretaceous and
Albania, Greece: Regosols RGeu Luvisols mixed cultivation low mountain sloping,
239 Tertiary limestone, marl,
Ipiros Calcaric and Lithic Calcaric and Eutric pattern to mountain partly steep
FLca, FLeu flysch
Leptosols LPca, LPli Fluvisols
Southeast France: Umbrisols UM metamorphic rocks, mixed cultivation level,
240 Dystric Cambisols CMdy plain to hill
Massif des Maures Umbric Leptosols LPum Permian continental series pattern partly sloping
551 Soil regions with predominant mediterranean sub-oceanic to mediterranean sub-continental climate influenced by mountains
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation
number dominant soils associated soils slope class
position code code material use class
Spain: southern Triassic to Tertiary level to
Calcaric, Lithic and LPca, LPli, Haplic Calcisols CLha mixed cultivation
243 Pyrenees, Guadalajara, limestone, marl and mountain sloping,
Rendzic Leptosols LPrz Eutric Regosols RGeu pattern
Cuenca sandstone partly steep
Haplic Umbrisols UMha Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and
Spain: Eutric Regosols RGeu mixed cultivation sloping,
244 Calcaric and Lithic Tertiary marl, limestone, mountain
Soria, Teruel Eutric Cambisols CMeu pattern partly steep
Leptosols LPca, LPli sandstone and river alluvium
56 Soil regions with predominant mediterranean sub-continental to mediterranean continental climate, partly semiarid to arid
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation slope
number dominant soils associated soils
position code code material use class class
Calcaric Fluvisols FLca
Spain: Gleyic Acrisols ACgl Tertiary sedimentary rocks, mixed cultivation
245 Haplic Calcisols CLha plain level
Badajoz Eutric Planosols PLeu fluvial deposits pattern
Chromic Luvisols LVcr
Calcaric Fluvisols FLca Tertiary marl, limestone and
Spain: Haplic Calcisols CLha level to
246 Calcaric Arenosols ARca detrital formations, rainfed arable land low mountain
Castilla y Leon Eutric Cambisols CMeu sloping
Chromic Luvisols LVcr fluvial deposits
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation slope
number dominant soils associated soils
position code code material use class class
Spain: Tertiary marl, limestone and
Haplic Calcisols CLha mixed cultivation level to
247 La Rioja, Navarra, Gleyic Cambisols CMgl detrital formations, low mountain
Calcaric Fluvisols FLca pattern sloping
Huesca, Lérida fluvial deposits
Calcic Vertisols VRcc Tertiary marl, limestone and
Spain: mixed cultivation level,
248 Haplic Calcisols CLha Calcaric Fluvisols FLca detrital formations, low mountain
Castilla La Mancha pattern partly sloping
Gleyic Solonchaks SCgl fluvial deposits
Haplic Gypsisols GYha
Spain: Calcaric Cambisols CMca Tertiary marl,
249 Haplic Calcisols Clha rainfed arable land plain to hill level
Zaragoza, Lérida Calcaric Fluvisols FLca fluvial deposits
Haplic Solonchaks SCha
Calcaric and Lithic LPca, LPli
Spain: Calcic and Vertic Mesozoic and Tertiary mixed cultivation level to
250 Leptosols LVcc, LVvr low mountain
Cuenca, Murcia Luvisols sedimentary rocks pattern sloping
Haplic Calcisols CLha
Vertic and Haplic LVvr, LVha Eutric Planosols PLeu
Spain: Tertiary sedimentary rocks, level to
251 Luvisols Haplic Calcisols CLha rainfed arable land low mountain
Salamanca, Segovia fluvial deposits sloping
Haplic Acrisols ACha Eutric Cambisols CMeu
Vertic Luvisols LVvr
Spain: Tertiary sedimentary rocks, level to
252 Eutric Planosols PLeu Eutric Fluvisols FLeu rainfed arable land low mountain
Toledo fluvial deposits sloping
Haplic Acrisols ACha
Haplic, Ferric and LVha, LVfr,
igneous and metamorphic
Portugal: Vertic Luvisols LVvr
253 Eutric Cambisols CMeu rocks, rainfed arable land plain level
Alto Alentejo Chromic and Pellic
Tertiary sedimentary rocks
Vertisols VRcr, VRpe
RGeu,
Eutric and Dystric Chromic and Vertic LVcr, LVvr igneous and metamorphic
Portugal: Baixo Alentejo RGdy
Regosols Luvisols rocks, mixed cultivation level,
254 Spain: Extremadura, low mountain
Eutric and Dystric Dystric Planosols PLdy Palaeozoic and Mesozoic pattern partly sloping
Sierra Morena CMeu,
Cambisols Lithic Leptosols LPli sedimentary rocks
144
CMdy
571 Soil regions with predominant mediterranean to subtropic climate influenced by mountains
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation
number dominant soils associated soils slope class
position code code material use class
CMca,
Calcaric and Eutric level to
Spain: Haplic Calcisols CLha CMeu Palaeozoic to Tertiary marl, mixed cultivation low mountain
270 Cambisols sloping,
Andalusia Rendzic Leptosols LPrz limestone, sandstone, flysch pattern to mountain
Pellic Vertisols partly steep
VRpe
CMmo,
Mollic and Calcaric
CMca Palaeozoic to Tertiary marl,
Spain: Eutric Cambisols CMeu Cambisols mixed forest typ hill to low level to
271 limestone, conglomerates,
Cadiz, Málaga Chromic Vertisols VRcr Haplic Umbrisols pattern mountain sloping
UMha sandstone, flysch
Calcic Luvisols
LVcc
Greece: Calcaric and Lithic Calcaric Regosols RGca Mesozoic and Tertiary mixed cultivation low mountain sloping,
272 LPca, LPli
Peloponnisos, Kriti Leptosols Eutric Cambisols CMeu limestone, marl, flysch pattern to mountain partly steep
Lithic, Rendzic and LPli, LPrz Mesozoic and Tertiary
Turkey: Montains of Haplic Calcisols CLha mixed cultivation mountain, partly sloping,
273 Mollic Leptosols LPmo sedimentary rocks,
Northwest Anatolia Haplic Kastanozems KSha pattern high mountain partly steep
Calcaric Cambisols CMca volcanic rocks, flysch
58 Soil regions with predominant mediterranean mountainous climate
geographical WRB- WRB- dominant parent dominant land elevation
number dominant soils associated soils slope class
position code code material use class
Italy: Vitric Andosols ANvi mixed cultivation low mountain
274 Eutri-andic Cambisols CMeu-an volcanic rocks sloping
Monte Etna Lithic Leptosols LPli pattern to high mountain
CMdy, igneous and metamorphic
Dystric, Chromic and
Italy: CMcr, Haplic Luvisols LVha rocks, mixed cultivation sloping,
275 Eutric Cambisols hill to mountain
Calabria, North Sicilia CMeu Calcaric Regosols Rgca Tertiary limestone, marl, pattern partly steep
Lithic Leptosols
LPli flysch
Italy: Appennino Lucano, Dystric Cambisols CMdy Rendzic and Lithic Mesozoic and Tertiary flysch, mixed cultivation sloping,
276 LPrz, LPli hill to mountain
Appennino Napoletono Calcaric Regosols RGca Leptosols limestone, marl, sandstone, pattern partly steep
CMdy,
Dystric and Eutric
Italy: Appennino Tosco- CMeu Gleyic and Haplic Tertiary and Mesozoic flysch, low mountain sloping,
277 Cambisols LVgl, LVha deciduous forest
Emiliano Luvisols limestone, marl, sandstone to hogh mountain partly steep
Lithic Leptosols
LPli
CMeu,
Italy: Appennino Eutric and Dystric Vertic Cambisols CMvr
CMdy Tertiary and Mesozoic flysch, mixed cultivation hill to low
278 (northeast and east Cambisols Lithic and Rendzic sloping
marl, limestone, sandstone pattern mountain
declivity) Calcaric Regosols Leptosols LPli, LPrz
RGca
Italy: Appennino Mesozoic and Tertiary
Rendzic Leptosols LPrz low mountain sloping to
279 Abruzzese, App. Umbro- Calcaric Regosols RGca limestone, marl, sandstone, deciduous forest
Eutric Cambisols CMeu to high mountain steep
Marchigiano flysch
Lithic and Rendzic LPli, LPrz Mesozoic and Tertiary flysch,
Albania, Greece: Haplic Umbrisols UMha mixed cultivation low mountain sloping to
280 Leptosols limestone, molasse, igneous
Pindhos Haplic Calcisols CLha pattern to high mountain steep
Chromic Luvisols LVcr and metamorphic rocks
Palaeozioc, Mesozoic and
Rendzic and Eutric LPrz, LPeu
Tertiary sedimentary rocks, mixed cultivation low mountain sloping to
281 Macedonia Leptosols Dystric Cambisols CMdy
igneous and metamorphic pattern to high mountain steep
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