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UNDIFFERENTIATED SOIL MAP UNIT [1 record]

Record 1 2016-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
  • Soil Science
  • Cartography
OBS

Soil mapping unit in which two or more soil units occur, but not in a regular geographic association. For example, the steep phases of two or more soils might be shown as a unit on a map because slope is the prime characteristic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du territoire
  • Science du sol
  • Cartographie
OBS

Unité cartographique constituée de deux ou de plusieurs sols qui ne forment pourtant pas une association géographique normale. Par exemple, les phases en pente abrupte de deux ou de plusieurs sols pourraient être désignées sur une carte comme une seule unité dont la pente est la caractéristique primordiale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación de zonas (Urbanismo)
  • Ciencia del suelo
  • Cartografía
OBS

[Los] grupos indiferenciados son diferentes suelos pero son incluidos en la misma unidad de mapeo porque sus requerimientos de uso y manejo son similares. En función de sus atributos: pendiente excesiva, pedregosidad e inundación.

Key term(s)
  • unidad cartográfica de grupos de suelos indiferenciados
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