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Soil Maps
Soil Maps (Introduction to soil science · Mapping Methods) — "Soil exists mostly underground, so even extensive sampling directly observes only a small portion…
Ideas in this flowchart
- Soil mapping predicts the spatial distribution of soil conditions
- Soil exists mostly underground, limiting direct observation
- Extensive sampling directly observes only a small portion of the soil landscape
- Soil maps predict conditions at unsampled locations
- Scattered observations provide information for prediction
- Environmental clues provide information for prediction
- Soil-forming factors explain and predict spatial variation
- Topography
- Climate
- Vegetation
- Parent material
- Other soil-forming factors
