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Soil
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Description
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Histols
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High in organic matter. Found on
wet, poorly drained slopes, ridges and mountain tops. 14.3% land area. |
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Spodosols
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Acid and leached. Found on wet mountain
slopes. 0.6% land area. |
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Oxisols
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Highly weathered. Found on smooth
gentle slopes. 5.1% land area. |
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Vertisols
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High in clay. Found in level areas.
0.8% land area. |
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Aridisols
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Dry soils. Found in low rainfall
areas. 1.2% land area. |
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Ultisols
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Contain silicate clays. Found on
valley edges. 2.5% land area. |
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Mollisols
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Soft due to organic matter. Located
in grassy and forested areas. 2.3% land area. |
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Alfisols
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Similar to Ultisols but found on
steeper slopes. 0.2% land area. |
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Inceptisols
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Poorly developed substrate horizons.
Recent volcanic deposits. 24.4% land area. |
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Entisols
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No subsurface horizon development.
Beaches and recent volcanic ash deposits. 1.1% land area. |
