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Kanya Series

This series consists of one soil type:

Kanya Loam (KAL)

Profile Morphology:

Surface Soil (A1 horizon)

• 5-10 cm thick.
• Reddish brown to red-brown.
• Loam to silt loam.
• Apedal, massive.
• Light to moderate amounts of quartz fragments.

Sub-Surface Soil (A2 horizon)

• 10-20 cm thick.
• Dominantly brown to yellowish brown, mottled.
• Sporadically bleached light grey to almost white.
• Loam to sandy clay loam.
• Apedal, massive.
• Trace to slight amounts of quartz fragments.

Subsoil

• Mottled brown to red-brown.
• Clay loam to silty clay loam, increasing gradually with depth to sandy clay at about 60 cm.
• Apedal, massive, earth fabric.
• Trace to slight amounts of quartz fragments.
• Quartz floaters at about 50 cm.
• Moderate to heavy amounts of weathered shale and/or sandstone fragments at about 70 cm.

Analytical Data for Selected Depths Down the Profile:

Depth	pH	Total Soluble Salts	Sodium Chloride	Moisture Retention @ 15-Bar	Moisture Retention @ 1/3-Bar
.	.	%	%	%	%
A	5.5	0.115	0.085	8.9	22.2
B	7.1	0.048	*	14.4	23.6
C	8.0	0.059	0.037	12.2	23.6

* Sodium chloride contents were not measured and are expected to be very low (based on TSS < 0.05%).

Occurrence:

Kanya loam occurs mainly on the upper slopes and crests in the hilly areas.