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Table 7 Diagnostic horizons and soil unit names of the soils at CSB according to WRB ( 2006, 2010)

From: Characterizing soils and the enduring nature of land uses around the Lake Chamo Basin in South-West Ethiopia

Pedons

Diagnostic horizons of pedons

Soil unit (WRB 2006)

Soil tax (USDA, 1999)

Surface

Subsurface

Suborder

Order

P1

Mollic

Calcic + cambic

Calcic Chernozems (CH)

Udolls

Mollisols

P2

Mollic

Calcic + vertic + argic

Luvic Calcic Chernozems (CH)

Udolls

Mollisols

P3

Mollic

Calcic +cambic

Calcic Kastanozems (KS)

Ustolls

Mollisols

P4

Mollic

Cambic

Haplic Chernozems (CH)

Udolls

Mollisols

P5

Mollic + clayey

Salic + cambic

Mollic Solonchaks (SCm)

Salids

Aridisols

P6

Umbric

Salic + cambic

Haplic Solonchaks (SCck)

Salids

Aridisols

P7

Mollic + clayey

Vertic + argic?

Luvic Chernozems (CH)

Udolls

Mollisols

P8

Mollic + clayey

Cambic

Haplic Kastanozems ((KS))

Ustolls

Mollisols

P9

Mollic + clayey

Cambic

Haplic Kastanozems ((KS))

Ustolls

Mollisols

P10

Ochric

Calcic + cambic + argic

Eutric Cambisols (CM)?

Cambides

Aridisols

P11

Mollic + clayey

Cambic

Haplic Chernozems (CH)

Udolls

Mollisols

P12

Voronic

Calcic + cambic + argic

Eutric Cambisols (CM)

Cambides

Aridisols