Soil Series
8.41 WATLINGTON (Wat) (2287)
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: | 4 argillic gley soils | With a distinct topsoil and a clay-enriched subsoil. |
| Soil Subgroup: | 1 typical argillic gley soils | (with loamy topsoil) |
| Soil Series: | ferruginous light loamy material passing to sand or soft sandstone |
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Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 0555 Downham | Luvic Eutric Gleysols |
Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 0Representative Profiles: 0Auger Bores: 0 |
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