Wednesday, November 6, 2013

12 Soil Orders of the World

12 Soils Orders of the World:

1) Alfisols 

2) Andisols

3) Aridisols

4) Entisols

5) Gelisols

6) Histosols

7) Inceptisols

8) Mollisols

9) Oxisols

10) Spodosols

11) Ultisols

12) Vertisols

http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/orders/

Soil Type in Georgia:

Ultisols Made up of clay and bases. Base saturation decreases in depth.      Profile photograph of an Ultisol


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