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Soil Development
These data are presented as a set of components within each polygon. The following attributes are included:
| NAME | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| CMP | Component Number (arbitrary) |
| PERCENT | Percent of polygon occupied by the component |
| SOIL | Soil Development |
Soil development is based on the second edition of the Canadian System of Soil Classification (Agriculture Canada Expert Committee on Soil Survey. 1987). The following codes are used.
| CODE | CLASS |
|---|---|
| A | Brown Chernozem |
| B | Dark Brown Chernozem |
| C | Black Chernozem |
| D | Dark Gray Chernozem/Luvisol |
| E | Gray Brown Luvisol |
| F | Gray Luvisol |
| G | Brown Solonetz |
| H | Dark Brown Solonetz |
| HG | Humic Gleysol |
| HR | Humic Regosol |
| I | Brunisol Gray Luvisol |
| J | Black Solonetz |
| K | Gray Solonetz |
| L | Melanic Brunisol |
| LG | Luvic Gleysol |
| M | Eutric Brunisol |
| N | Sombric Brunisol |
| O | Organic Cryosol |
| P | Dystric Brunisol |
| Q | Humic Podzol |
| R | Regosol |
| S | Static Cryosol |
| SD | Solod |
| SS | Solodized Solonetz |
| T | Turbic Cryosol |
| U | Gleysol |
| V | Ferro-Humic Podzol |
| W | Humo-Ferric Podzol |
| X | Fibrisol |
| Y | Mesisol |
| Z | Humisol |
| # | Water, Rock or Ice |
| * | Unknown (urban development) |
Source:
SOIL LANDSCAPES OF CANADA (SLC) V.2.2 (1996), National Soil DataBase, Canadian Soil Information System. Available at : /cansis/nsdb/slc/v2.2/
Shields, J.A., C. Tarnocai, K.W.G. Valentine, and K.B. MacDonald. 1991. Soil Landscapes of Canada - Procedures Manual and User's Handbook. LRRC Contribution Number 88-29, Land resource Research Centre, research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa,74pp. This manual is superceded by the Internet version available at: /cansis/nsdb/slc/index.html