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: | 7 argillic brown earths | Loamy or clayey with an ordinary clay-enriched subsoil. |
Soil Subgroup: | 1 typical argillic brown earths | (unmottled) |
Soil Series: | reddish medium loamy material over calcareous gravel |
0572d Whimple 1 | Eutric Chromic Endoskeletic Luvisols |
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National Soil Inventory Sites: 0Representative Profiles: 0Auger Bores: 25 |
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