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Dominant Soil Orders in the United States

Dominant Suborders
Alfisols
Andisols
Aridisols
Entisols
Gelisols
Histosols
Inceptisols
Mollisols
Oxisols
Spodosols
Ultisols
Vertisols

Global Soil Regions (To print this map on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, select File, Print, Fit to Page.)

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 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Soil Survey Division
World Soil Resources
Global Soil Regions
150˚ 120˚ 90˚ 60˚ 30˚ 0˚ 30˚ 60˚ 90˚ 120˚ 150˚

60˚ 60˚

30˚ 30˚

0˚ 0˚

Alfisols
Andisols
Aridisols
Entisols

30˚
Gelisols 30˚

Histosols
Inceptisols
Mollisols
Oxisols
Spodosols
Ultisols
Vertisols Miller Projection
60˚ 60˚
SCALE 1:100,000,000
Rocky Land 0 500 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000
KILOMETERS
Shifting Sands
Ice/glacier

150˚ 120˚ 90˚ 60˚ 30˚ 0˚ 30˚ 60˚ 90˚ 120˚ 150˚

Country boundaries are not authoritative. November 1998