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==Soil in Africa== | ==Soil in Africa== | ||
Maps of soil type for each country in Africa have been extracted from the African-wide harmonised soil map produced by the European Commission Joint Research Centre, | Maps of soil type for each country in Africa have been extracted from the African-wide harmonised soil map produced by the European Commission Joint Research Centre, and made available through the European Soil Portal – Soil Data and Information Service. | ||
The | The soil map describes the dominant World Reference Base Reference Soil Group and associated qualifiers. It was derived by the European Commission Joint Research Centre from the Harmonised World Soil Database, and updated and modified according to the World Reference Base for Soil Resources classification system. | ||
The soil map of Africa is provided as part of the [https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/soil-atlas-africa Soil Atlas of Africa], which is an excellent resource describing the changing nature of soil across the continent as well as essential background on soils globally and in Africa. The map is available to download from the [https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ European Soil Portal] as either a [https://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/library/maps/africa_atlas/ PDF] or [https://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/library/maps/africa_atlas/data.html vector based (.shp or shapefile) GIS-enabled] file. | The soil map of Africa is provided as part of the [https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/soil-atlas-africa Soil Atlas of Africa], which is an excellent resource describing the changing nature of soil across the continent as well as essential background on soils globally and in Africa. The map is available to download from the [https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ European Soil Portal] as either a [https://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/library/maps/africa_atlas/ PDF] or [https://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/library/maps/africa_atlas/data.html vector based (.shp or shapefile) GIS-enabled] file. | ||
[[File:Soil.png | | [[File:Soil.png | 500px | center | caption| Soil type classification across Africa. European Commission Joint Research Centre]] | ||
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Soil in Africa
Maps of soil type for each country in Africa have been extracted from the African-wide harmonised soil map produced by the European Commission Joint Research Centre, and made available through the European Soil Portal – Soil Data and Information Service.
The soil map describes the dominant World Reference Base Reference Soil Group and associated qualifiers. It was derived by the European Commission Joint Research Centre from the Harmonised World Soil Database, and updated and modified according to the World Reference Base for Soil Resources classification system.
The soil map of Africa is provided as part of the Soil Atlas of Africa, which is an excellent resource describing the changing nature of soil across the continent as well as essential background on soils globally and in Africa. The map is available to download from the European Soil Portal as either a PDF or vector based (.shp or shapefile) GIS-enabled file.
| AC | Acrisols | AL | Alisols | AN | Andosols | AR | Arenosols | CH | Chernozems | CL | Calcisols | CM | Cambisols | CR | Cryosols |
| DU | Durisols | FR | Ferrasols | FL | Fluvisols | GL | Gleysols | GY | Gypsisols | HS | Histosols | KS | Kastanozems | LP | Leptosols |
| LX | Lixisols | LV | Luvisols | NT | Nitisols | PH | Phaeozems | PL | Planosols | PT | Plinthosols | PZ | Podzols | RG | Regosols |
| SC | Solonchaks | SN | Solonetz | ST | Stagnosols | TC | Technosols | UM | Umbrisols | VR | Vertisols | WR | Water Body |
Citations:
Dewitte, O, Jones, A, Spaargaren, O, Breuning-Madsen, H, Brossard, M, Dampha, A, Deckers, J, Gallali, T, Hallett, S, Jones, R, Kilasara, M, Le Roux, P, Michéli, E, Montanarella, L, Thiombiano, L, Van Ranst, E, Yemefack, M, Zougmore, R. 2013. Harmonisation of the soil map of Africa at the continental scale. Geoderma, 211-212, 138-153.
Jones A, Breuning-Madsen, H, Brossard, M, Dampha, A, Deckers, Dewitte, O, Gallali, T, Hallet, S, Jones, R, Kilasara, M, Le Roux, P, Michéli, E, Montanarella, L, Spaargaren, O, Thiombiano, L, Van Ranst, E, Yemefack, M, and Zougmore, R (edsitors). 2013. Soil Atlas of Africa. European Commission, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. 176 pp. ISBN 978-92-79-26715-4, doi 10.2788/52319
Panagos, P, Van Liedekerke, M, Jones, A, Montanarella, L. 2012. European Soil Data Centre: Response to European policy support and public data requirements. Land Use Policy, Vol. 29, 329-338. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.07.003
Spaargaren, O, Schad, P, and Michéli, E. 2010. Guidelines for constructing small-scale map legends using the WRB. FAO, Rome.
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