What is fluvisols soil?
The fluvisols are soil units that occur mainly in the central part of the project area and are characterized by stratification of layers of different texture, the surface layer being predominantly clay loam to sandy clay loam. The soils are deep and generally well-drained RIDP (2010).
What are fluvaquents?
A fluvisol in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) is a genetically young soil in alluvial deposits . Apart from river sediments, they also occur in lacustrine and marine deposits. Fluvisols correlate with fluvents and fluvaquents of the USDA soil taxonomy.
What are the major soil type in Ethiopia?
Lithosols, Cambisols, Nitosols, Vertisols, Xerosols, Solonchaks, Fluvisols and Luvisols cover more than 80% of the country, and are the most important soils. Vertisols are very important soils in Ethiopian agriculture.
Where can I get Spodosols?
Spodosols are most extensive in areas of cool, humid or perhumid climates in the Northeastern States, southern Alaska, the Great Lakes States, and the high mountains of the Northwestern States. Spodosols are naturally infertile soils, but they can be highly responsive to good management.
What type of biome is Ethiopia?
The desert biome, grassland biome and also mountainous biome are in Ethiopia.
What are the major problems of Ethiopian soil?
Soil erosion is a serious problem in Ethiopia. Particularly in the northern provinces, which have been settled with sedentary agriculture for millennia, population density has caused major damage to the soil’s physical base, to its organic and chemical nutrients, and to the natural vegetation cover.
What is Regosol soil?
A Regosol in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) is very weakly developed mineral soil in unconsolidated materials. Regosols are extensive in eroding lands, in particular in arid and semi-arid areas and in mountain regions.