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| 8.71 HANWORTH (Hq) (708) |  |
| « HANSLOPE | HARLESTONE » |
| 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: | 7 humic gley soils | Non-alluvial loamy or clayey with humose or peaty topsoil. Intermediate between cambic and argillic gley soils and lowland peat soils. |
| Soil Subgroup: | 1 typical humic gley soils | (with non-calcareous subsoil lacking significant clay enrichment) |
| Soil Series: | light loamy stoneless drift |
| 0871c HANWORTH | Mollic Gleysols |
National Soil Inventory Sites: 0Representative Profiles: 0Auger Bores: 29 |
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