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Soil-Landform Units - Hills
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Unit Description | Unit Type | Typical Soil Profile Information
(for components of each unit) |
Hills |
|
| HB | 
(PDF 111KB) | Hills, basaltic

| Components 1, 2

(PDF 144KB)
(PDF 107KB)
|
| HG1 | 
(PDF 122KB) | Hills on Devonian granite - Type 1

| Components 1, 2, 3

(PDF 138KB)

(PDF 119KB)

(PDF 140KB)
|
| HG2 | 
(PDF 166KB) | Hills on Devonian granite - Type 2

| Components 1, 2, 3, 4

(PDF 105KB)

(PDF 109KB)
(PDF 137KB)
(PDF 192KB)
|
| HG3 | 
(PDF 97KB) | Hills on Devonian granite - Type 3

| Components 1, 2

(PDF 108KB)

(PDF 176KB) |
| HG4 | 
(PDF 89KB) | Hills on Devonian granite - Type 4

| Components 1, 2

(PDF 118KB)

(PDF 127KB)
|
| HGn | 
(PDF 110KB) | Hills on gneiss

| Components 1, 2, 3

(PDF 108KB)

(PDF 97KB)

(PDF 73KB) |
| HSs1 | 
(PDF 107KB) | Hills on metamorphic schist - Type 1

| Components 1, 2

(PDF 108KB)

(PDF 111KB)
|
| HSs2 | 
(PDF 111KB) | Hills on metamorphic schist - Type 2

| Components 1, 2, 3

(PDF 100KB)

(PDF 123KB)

(PDF 118KB)
|
| HSs3 | 
(PDF 134KB) | Hills on metamorphic schist - Type 3

| Components 1, 2, 3

(PDF 138KB)
(PDF 150KB)

(PDF 126KB)
|
| HSy1 | 
(PDF 143KB) | Hills on Ordovician sediments - Type 1

| Components 1, 2, 3

(PDF 104KB)

(PDF 142KB)

(PDF 177KB)
|
| HSy2 | 
(PDF 109KB) | Hills on metamorphic schist - Type 2

| Components 1, 2

(PDF 89KB)

(PDF 102KB)
|
| HSy3 | 
(PDF 105KB) | Hills on metamorphic schist - Type 3

| Components 1, 2, 3

(PDF 140KB)

(PDF 138KB)

(PDF 98KB) |