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: | 4 brown earths | Non-alluvial, with non-calcareous loamy or clayey subsoils without significant clay enrichment. |
Soil Subgroup: | 1 typical brown earths | (unmottled) |
Soil Series: | medium loamy material over lithoskeletal mudstone and sandstone or slate |
0313b POWYS | Eutric Endoleptic Cambisols |
0421b HALSTOW | Eutric Endoleptic Cambisols |
0541j DENBIGH 1 | Eutric Endoleptic Cambisols |
0541k DENBIGH 2 | Eutric Endoleptic Cambisols |
0541n Trusham | Eutric Endoleptic Cambisols |
0611c MANOD | Eutric Endoleptic Cambisols |
0713d CEGIN | Eutric Endoleptic Cambisols |
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National Soil Inventory Sites: 95Representative Profiles: 2Auger Bores: 1723 |
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