Soil types
In Malta the spatial pattern of soil types is very intricate, both semi-natural and agricultural areas and different soil types often occur within a single field or within a distance of few meters. In the national soil inventory of the Maltese Islands (MALSIS) established in 2014, soils were described according to the criteria of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources. Seven major soil reference groups were identified: Leptosols, Vertisols, Calcisols, Luvisols, Cambisols, Regosols and Arenosols. Soils were also classified into Soil Landscape Units, which consist of soil containing a range of soil types which are likely to have similar management characteristics. The soil landscapes are divided into semi-natural landscapes with a low human impact and man-made landscapes where human influence is demonstrated by the extensive terracing of slopes, creation of ‘made ground’ or intensive cultivation. Key to abbreviations of the soil landscape types: BCs – Blue Clay slopes; BCTm – Blue Clay moderate terraces; BCTs – Blue Clay steep terraces; BCsp – Blue Clay spring; BS – Blown sand; BST – Blown sand terraces; Clf – Cliffs; CTm – Coralline moderate terraces; CTs – Coralline steep terraces; CTv - Coralline shallow terraces; Ga – Garrigue; GTm – Globigerina moderate terraces; GTs - Globigerina steep terraces; GTv - Globigerina shallow terraces; M – Marsh; U – Urban; VF – Valley fill; W – Woodland.
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Citation proposal
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Simple
- Date ( Creation )
- 2015-05-06
- Identifier
- http://environment.gov.mt/ / SoilTypes
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- Soil
- Spatial scope ( Theme )
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- National
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- When this data is used reference MALSIS, 2004 (A Soil Information for the Maltese Islands)
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Metadata language
- English
- Topic category
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- Environment
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- Reference system identifier
- http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3045
- Distribution format
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- Specification
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- OnLine resource
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SO.SoilTypes
SO.SoilBody.WRB
- OnLine resource
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MITA Harmonised Data View Service
MITA Harmonised Data View Service
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date ( Publication )
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- true
- Statement
- Data is provided by the national soil inventory of the Maltese Islands (MALSIS), soils were described according to the criteria of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources
Metadata
- File identifier
- fe6d0480-746c-43e1-b765-7015354bba00 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2020-12-19T07:08:56
- Metadata standard name
- ISO19115
- Metadata standard version
- 2003/Cor.1:2006