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How do you get soil data?
Where can I obtain soil surveys?
- Some are on the NRCS website.
- Published soil surveys can be found at some libraries or borrowed through interlibrary loan.
- Surveys might be available from the state NRCS offices.
- Online GIS data of the Gridded Soil Survey Geographic Database is here.
What is a world soil map?
The soil map shows the distribution of the 12 soil orders according to Soil Taxonomy. Possible Uses of the Map: Useful for teachers and students who are interested in the global distribution of major soil types.
What is the best source for locating soil and weather maps?
USDA Web Soil Survey (WSS) NRCS has soil maps and data available online for more than 95 percent of the nation’s counties and anticipates having 100 percent in the near future. The site is updated and maintained online as the single authoritative source of soil survey information.
How many types of soil are there in the world?
Soils are a function of the five soil-forming factors: climate, organisms, relief, parent material, and time. Each of these factors range on a continuum, so the different soils of the world number in the thousands. Soil scientists recognize 12 major orders of soils.
Where is soil located in the world?
It forms at the surface of land – it is the “skin of the earth.” Soil is capable of supporting plant life and is vital to life on earth.
What is the richest soil in the world?
Places with the richest soil in the world are Eurasian Steppe; Mesopotamia; from Manitoba, Canada, as far south as Kansas; the central valley of California; Oxnard plain and the Los Angeles basin; Pampas lowlands of Argentina and Uruguay.
Where is the most fertile land on earth?
Countries With the Most Arable Land
| Rank | Country | Arable Land (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 59 |
| 2 | Denmark | 58.9 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 56.1 |
| 4 | Moldova | 55.1 |