Explore: Soil Map

A soil map is a geographical representation showing diversity of soil types or soil properties (soil pH, textures, organic matter, depths of horizons etc

to the interactions between the main soil-forming factors. It was first published in form of the UNESCO Soil Map of the World (1974) (scale 1 : 5 M.)

Soil survey, or soil mapping, is the process of classifying soil types and other soil properties in a given area and geo-encoding such information. Soil

Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) is an international soil classification system for naming soils and creating legends for soil maps. The currently

criteria. USDA soil taxonomy provides the core criteria for differentiating soil map units. This is a substantial revision of the 1938 USDA soil taxonomy which

features. Political maps emphasize territorial boundaries and human settlement. Physical maps show geographical features such as mountains, soil type, or land

plants and soil organisms. Some scientific definitions distinguish dirt from soil by restricting the former term specifically to displaced soil. Soil consists

Soil salinity is the salt content in the soil; the process of increasing the salt content is known as salinization (also called salination in American

Soil texture is a classification instrument used both in the field and laboratory to determine soil classes based on their physical texture. Soil texture

Agriculture has published soil maps. The Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion is a non-governmental organization as is the Soil Science Society of Turkey