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PROFILE 135
Legend unit:
Soil classification:
Description:
Location:
Elevation:
Landform and slope:
Parent material:
Vegetation:
Drainage:
Soil:
Depth (cm) Bor.
0- 7 Ah
7- 25 BA
25-40/130 BwsI
40-130 Bws2
Bhl
Acri-xanthic Ferralsol (FAO)
Typic Kandiudult (Soil Taxonomy)
On 24-06-95 by Gerard Hazeu
About 3 km N ofEsseng village; 2°49'75 Nand 10°39'53 E
5S0 m
Isolated hill; lower slope 25%
Gneisses of the Precambrian shield
Forest
Well drained
Moderately deep to deep, yellowish brown to strong brown clay with sandy
clay loam to sandy clay topsoil
Description
dark yellowish brown (I OYR4/4); sandy clay loam; strongly coherent; very
friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few very fine roots; clear and
smooth transition to
yellowish brown (I0YR4/6); clay; weak to moderate, fine subangular
block)'; friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common to many, very
fine to fine roots; clear and smooth transition to
yellowish brown (IOYR5/S); clay; weak, fine subangular blocky; friable,
slightly stick), and slightly plastic; very few to few, fine to medium roots;
abrupt and broken transition to C and gradual and smooth to Bws2
yellowish brown (IOYR5/S); slightly gravelly clay; few (5%) fine distinct
clear 7.5YR5/S mottles; weak fine subangular blocky; friable, slightly
sticky and slightly plastic; very few to few, fine to medium roots.
Horizon
Ah
BA
Bwsl
Bws2
C(B)
Horizon
Ah
BA
Bwsl
Bws2
C(B)
Horizon
Ah
BA
Bwsl
Bws2
C(B)
Depth (cm)
Profile 135
Particle size distribution
% of fine earth; in i'm pH