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5.11 BLEWBURY (BY) (196) | ![]() |
« BEAUMONT | ABINGTON » |
Major soil group: | 05 brown soils | With dominantly brownish or reddish subsoils and no prominent mottling or greyish colours (gleying) above 40 cm depth. They are developed mainly on permeable materials at elevations below about 300 m.0.D. Most are in agricultural use. |
Soil Group: | 1 brown calcareous earths | Non-alluvial, with calcareous loamy or clayey subsoils without significant clay enrichment. |
Soil Subgroup: | 1 typical brown calcareous earths | (unmottled) |
Soil Series: | clayey material over lithoskeletal chalk |
0342b UPTON 2 | Calcaric Endoleptic Cambisols |
0511d Blewbury | Calcaric Endoleptic Cambisols |
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National Soil Inventory Sites: 3Representative Profiles: 0Auger Bores: 188 |
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