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| 8.51 DOWNHOLLAND (Do) (314) |
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Definition
| 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: |
1 typical humic-alluvial gley soils |
(with non-calcareous subsoil) |
| Soil Series: |
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clayey marine alluvium |
Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 0815 NORMOOR |
Clayic Fluvic Mollic Gleysols |
| 0851a DOWNHOLLAND 1 |
Clayic Fluvic Mollic Gleysols |
| 0851b DOWNHOLLAND 2 |
Clayic Fluvic Mollic Gleysols |
| 0851c DOWNHOLLAND 3 |
Clayic Fluvic Mollic Gleysols |
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 17
Representative Profiles: 5
Auger Bores: 339
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