Świtoniak M., Kabała C., Karklins A., Charzyński P., Hulisz P., Mendyk Ł.

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Michalski A., Novák T. J., Penížek V., Reintam E., Repe B., Saksa M.,
Vaisvalavičius R., Waroszewski J., 2018. Guidelines for Soil Description and
Classification Central and Eastern European Students’ Version.
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Fig. 1. Slope positions in undulating and mountainous terrain
Fig. 2. Slope forms and surface pathways
Source: Redrawn from Schoeneberger et al., 2002.
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textural classes and subclasses
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Table 3. Key to the field test of soil textural classes

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Fig. 5. Charts % %
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Table 4. Field estimation and coding of the degree of
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The name of colour: strong brown

Figure 7. Example how to register soil colour

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Table 5. Estimation of organic matter content (%)

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Table 7. Classification of moisture status of soil
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