Types of Parent Rocks | % of Total Acreage of Soil |
% of Acreage of Farmland |
|
---|---|---|---|
1 | Gravels | 0.9 | 0.5 |
2 | Loose and weakly loamy sands | 34.6 | 24.8 |
3 | Deep loamy sands and overlaying loose sands |
10.2 | 12.4 |
4 | Loamy sands on more cohesive base | 7.3 | 8.6 |
5 | Sandy Clays | 8.5 | 10.2 |
6 | Medium and cohesive clays | 9.6 | 13.2 |
7 | Loams | 0.8 | 1.0 |
8 | Loam deposits of water origin | 4.2 | 4.6 |
9 | Loesses and loessic deposits | 3.5 | 4.8 |
10 | Alluvial deposits | 4.7 | 5.8 |
11 | Limestone rock (rendzina) | 1.1 | 1.6 |
12 | Massive rock of different origins | 6.1 | 3.9 |
13 | Organic and mineralorganic sediments |
8.5 | 9.6 |