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« CHIVERTON | CLAVERLEY » |
Major soil group: | 08 ground-water gley soils | Seasonally waterlogged soils affected by a shallow fluctuating groundwater-table. They are developed mainly within or over permeable material and have prominently mottled or greyish coloured horizons within 40 cm depth Most occupy low-lying or depressional sites. |
Soil Group: | 7 humic gley soils | Non-alluvial loamy or clayey with humose or peaty topsoil. Intermediate between cambic and argillic gley soils and lowland peat soils. |
Soil Subgroup: | 1 typical humic gley soils | (with non-calcareous subsoil lacking significant clay enrichment) |
Soil Series: | medium loamy material passing to soft weathered basic crystalline rock |
National Soil Inventory Sites: 0Representative Profiles: 0Auger Bores: 0 |
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