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Data available from the DSMW at 1:5,000,000 scale

The Digital Soil Map of the World (DSMW) corresponds to the digitisation of the Soil Map of the World at 1:5,000,000 scale and its legend. Soils are described through soil associations for which we have the list of soil types in the FAO-UNESCO 1974 legend, texture in three classes, slope in three classes and phases. A percentage of area for each soil type within each soil association was also computed.

 

 

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