Major soil group: | 01 terrestrial raw soils | Terrestrial raw soils Mineral sods in very recently formed material, with no soil horizons other than a superficial organic or organo-mineral layer less than 5 cm thick, unless buried beneath a recent deposit more than 30 cm thick. |
Soil Group: | 1 raw sands | Non-alluvial sandy soils found mainly on dune sands. |
Soil Subgroup: | 0 raw sands | Non-alluvial sandy soils found mainly on dune sands. |
Soil Series: | coarse or medium sandy stoneless drift |
0361 Sandwich | Dystric Protic Arenosols |
National Soil Inventory Sites: 0Representative Profiles: 0Auger Bores: 0 |
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