The major soil types of Europe

Figure Created 07 Dec 2010 Published 07 Dec 2010 Last modified 29 Nov 2012

Topics: Soil ,

The map shows the major soil types as defined by their WRB Reference Group name.

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07 Dec 2010

Temporal coverage:

2006

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soil , soer2010 , thematic assessments

Geographic coverage:

Albania , Austria , Belarus , Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Georgia , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Macedonia (FYR) , Malta , Moldova , Montenegro , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , Ukraine , United Kingdom

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Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany,
Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,
Malta, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain Slovenia,
Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

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Soil — SOER 2010 thematic assessment Nearly all of the food and fibres used by humans are produced on soil. Soil is also essential for water and ecosystem health. It is second only to the oceans as a global carbon sink, with an important role in the potential slowing of climate change. Soil functions depend on a multitude of soil organisms which makes it an important part of our biodiversity. Nevertheless, soil in many parts of Europe is being over-exploited, degraded and irreversibly lost due to impacts from industrial activities and land use change, leading to soil sealing, contamination, erosion and loss of organic carbon. Due to these problems, legislation for the protection of soils has been proposed at EU level.

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