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Soil Descriptions

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Soil Descriptions

Descriptions of soil map units arranged physiographically (i.e. according to where it occurs in the landscape)

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  1. Beach dunes of the coastal margins
  2. Beach strands of the coastal margins
  3. Depressions behind the beach on the coastal margins
  4. Dissected Relict terraces in the lowlands and foothills
  5. Fans and outwash surfaces in the lowlands and foothills
  6. Flat and easy rolling land
  7. Flat to easy rolling beach ridges
  8. Floodplains and terraces in the uplands
  9. Hill country in the lowlands and foothills
  10. Hill country in the uplands
  11. Hilly and steep land on volcanic cones
  12. Inland margins of saline areas in the lowlands and foothills
  13. Kaast landscapes in the lowlands and foothills
  14. Levees of the major floodplains in the lowlands and foothills
  15. Marine marshes in the lowlands and foothills
  16. Marine marshes of the lowlands and coastal margins
  17. Peat bogs in the lowlands and foothills
  18. Plateau in the lowlands and foothills
  19. Relict channels of the major floodplains in the lowlands and foothills
  20. Relict high terraces in the lowlands and foothills
  21. Relict terraces in the lowlands and foothills
  22. Secondary floodplains and depressions in the lowlands and foothills
  23. Slope margin of the dissected Plateau in the lowlands and foothills
  24. Swamps in the uplands
  25. Terraces of the major floodplains in the lowlands and foothills
  26. Young volcanic hill country in the lowlands and foothills
  27. Young volcanic hill country in the uplands
  28. Young volcanic landscapes in the uplands

Beach dunes of the coastal margins #

Beach strands of the coastal margins #

Depressions behind the beach on the coastal margins #

Dissected Relict terraces in the lowlands and foothills #

Fans and outwash surfaces in the lowlands and foothills #

Flat and easy rolling land #

Flat to easy rolling beach ridges #

Floodplains and terraces in the uplands #

Hill country in the lowlands and foothills #

Hill country in the uplands #

Hilly and steep land on volcanic cones #

Inland margins of saline areas in the lowlands and foothills #

Kaast landscapes in the lowlands and foothills #

Levees of the major floodplains in the lowlands and foothills #

Marine marshes in the lowlands and foothills #

Marine marshes of the lowlands and coastal margins #

Peat bogs in the lowlands and foothills #

Plateau in the lowlands and foothills #

Relict channels of the major floodplains in the lowlands and foothills #

Relict high terraces in the lowlands and foothills #

Relict terraces in the lowlands and foothills #

Secondary floodplains and depressions in the lowlands and foothills #

Slope margin of the dissected Plateau in the lowlands and foothills #

Swamps in the uplands #

Terraces of the major floodplains in the lowlands and foothills #

Young volcanic hill country in the lowlands and foothills #

Young volcanic hill country in the uplands #

Young volcanic landscapes in the uplands #

Partners and funders
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Global Soil Partnership Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research