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5.51 NEWPORT (Na) (1310)

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Definition

Major soil group:	05 brown soils	With dominantly brownish or reddish subsoils and no prominent mottling or greyish colours (gleying) above 40 cm depth. They are developed mainly on permeable materials at elevations below about 300 m.0.D. Most are in agricultural use.
Soil Group:	5 brown sands	Non-calcareous sandy or sandy gravelly.
Soil Subgroup:	1 typical brown sands	(unmottled with no clay-enriched subsoil)
Soil Series:		sandy drift with siliceous stones

Brief Profile Description

In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)

0343g Newmarket 2	Eutric Arenosols
0541r WICK 1	Eutric Arenosols
0541t WICK 3	Eutric Arenosols
0551a BRIDGNORTH	Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0551b CUCKNEY 1	Eutric Arenosols
0551d NEWPORT 1	Eutric Arenosols
0551e NEWPORT 2	Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0551f Newport 3	Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0551g NEWPORT 4	Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0554b WORLINGTON	Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0555 Downham	Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0571x Ludford	Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0572n BURLINGHAM 1	Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0572p BURLINGHAM 3	Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0581f BARROW	Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0631f Crannymoor	Dystric Arenosols

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Surveyed profiles in LandIS

National Soil Inventory Sites: 59

Representative Profiles: 10

Auger Bores: 2216

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