The natural susceptibility for soils to compaction

Figure Created 08 Dec 2010 Published 08 Dec 2010 Last modified 29 Nov 2012

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The map shows the natural soil susceptibility to compaction

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Temporal coverage:: 2000
Tags:: soil , soer2010 , land use , compaction , thematic assessments
Geographic coverage:: Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Cyprus , Czechia , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Netherlands , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , United Kingdom
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The map of natural soil susceptibility to compaction was created from the evaluation of selected parameters from the ESDB. The soil susceptibility to compaction was divided into 4 categories. Two additional categories represent the data concerning places where this evaluation was either not relevant or could not been provided because of lack of information. In total there are 6 categories:

0 - no soil. This represents water bodies, glaciers and rock outcrops

1 - low susceptibility to compaction

2. - medium susceptibility to compaction

3. - high susceptibility to compaction

4. - very high susceptibility to compaction

9. - no evaluation possible. This was the case of towns including also soils, soils disturbed by man and marsh.

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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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