Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Type of Soil in Mediterranean- 32°50'16.71"N 22°15'15.66"E

Leptosols, Cambisols, Regosols, Luvisols, Nitisols, Vertisols, Gypsisols, Calcisols are all types of soil found in the Mediterranean biome. 

Leptosols- Shallow soils over continuous rock

Cambisols- texture in the fine earth fraction of very fine sand, loamy very fine sand, or finerand soil structure or absence of rock structure in half or more of the volume of the fine earth

Regosols-  eroding landscapes, landscapes that are rejuvenating, or landscapes where erosion products are deposited mainly by gravitational forces.

Luvisols- Soils with an argic horizon, CEC ≥ 24 cmolc kg-1 clay, and base saturation ≥ 50%

 
Nitisols- high aggregate stability, mainly due to high iron content, which makes them not too vulnerable to erosion. The same high iron content is responsible for their high P-fixing capacity
 
Vertisols- occur mainly in low-lying, more or less level landscape positions where climates prevail with alternating wet-dry conditions.

Gypsisols- occur in the drier parts of the Mediterranean region, particularly in the eastern part  and North Africa. Locally they are also found in Spain.

Calcisols- calcium carbonate is present in the soil

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