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: | 2 sandy gley soils | Sandy, with distinct topsoil and no clay-enriched subsoil. |
Soil Subgroup: | 1 typical sandy gley soils | (with non calcareous subsoil) |
Soil Series: | sandy drift with siliceous stones |
0551d NEWPORT 1 | Arenic Mollic Gleysols |
0555 Downham | Arenic Mollic Gleysols |
0631f Crannymoor | Arenic Mollic Gleysols |
0641a SOLLOM 1 | Arenic Mollic Gleysols |
0643d Felthorpe | Arenic Mollic Gleysols |
0711o RUFFORD | Arenic Mollic Gleysols |
0711s BECCLES 2 | Arenic Mollic Gleysols |
0821a EVERINGHAM | Arenic Mollic Gleysols |
0821b BLACKWOOD | Arenic Mollic Gleysols |
0841c SWANWICK | Arenic Mollic Gleysols |
0861b Isleham 2 | Arenic Mollic Gleysols |
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National Soil Inventory Sites: 15Representative Profiles: 10Auger Bores: 680 |
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