Soil and Terrain Database (SOTER) for Nepal

The Soil and Terrain database for Nepal primary data (version 1.0), at scale 1:1 million (SOTER_Nepal). SOTER_Nepal is generalized from the original Soils and Terrain database of Nepal at scale 1:50,000 compiled by FAO and Nepal's Survey Dept. The SOTER_Nepal database provides generalized information on landform and soil properties at a scale 1:1 million. It consists of 17 SOTER units, ... characterized by 56 representative and four synthetic profiles for which there are no measured soil data. The SOTER database includes also attribute data of 99 profiles initially selected as references to soil components that have already a representative profile.

SOTER forms a part of the ongoing activities of ISRIC and FAO to update the world's baseline information on natural resources.The project involved collaboration with national soil institutes from the countries in the region as well as individual experts

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Last Updated October 25, 2023, 14:09 (UTC)
Created October 25, 2023, 14:09 (UTC)
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lineage Dijkshoorn JA and Huting JRM 2009. Soil and terrain database for Nepal. Report 2009/01, ISRIC – World Soil Information, Wageningen, https://isric.org/sites/default/files/isric_report_2009_01.pdf
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