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Major soil group: | 08 ground-water gley soils | Seasonally waterlogged soils affected by a shallow fluctuating groundwater-table. They are developed mainly within or over permeable material and have prominently mottled or greyish coloured horizons within 40 cm depth Most occupy low-lying or depressional sites. |
Soil Group: | 5 humic-alluvial gley soils | With a humose or peaty topsoil in loamy or clayey recent alluvium more than 30 cm thick. |
Soil Subgroup: | 2 calcareous humic-alluvial gley soils | (with calcareous subsoil) |
Soil Series: | clayey river alluvium |
National Soil Inventory Sites: 2Representative Profiles: 0Auger Bores: 12 |
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