VARIATIONS IN THE USEFULNESS OF RAPID SOIL MAPPING IN THE NIGERIAN SAVANNA

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Summary: The rapid soil mapping required in developing countries can only be done by relating soils to land form and geology. A usefulness classification of mapping units is suggested. The most useful contain the least soil variation. Units with regular soil variation within them are more useful than those with random variation. In the Nigerian Savanna the most useful units are on hill remnants and homogeneous sediments, particularly coarse siliceous sandstones and fixed dunes. The least useful are on dissected areas, heterogeneous sediments, igneous and metamorphic rocks. The least fertile soils often dominate the most useful units. Rapid soil mapping should be useful in the north and the lower Niger and Benue valleys.

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