Soil great group

Halacuept

Of the Acuept suborder; it is it saline or sodic.

What the name says

Soil Taxonomy names are built from parts, and each part says something about the soil. From general to specific:

Taxonomic orderInceptisolSoil young, with some development below the surface (a cambic horizon) but without the clay accumulation or dark surface that would define other orders.
SuborderAcueptInceptisol with excess water and redox depletions near the surface.
Great groupHalacueptWithin the Acuept suborder, it is it saline or sodic.

What it means for farming

Intermediate aptitude and very dependent on location. In Argentina there are many Acueptes: Inceptisoles with excess water, often saline or sodic.

Most common surface texture
Sandy loam
Most common drainage
Imperfect
Typical effective depth
70 cm

Where it is found

According to the 1:500.000 national map, it covers about 485.743 ha, spread over 23 districts.

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National map units that list it. The scale is 1:500.000: good for seeing the region, not a single property.

ProvinceArea
Entre Ríos177.930 ha
Chaco122.801 ha
Jujuy95.324 ha
Salta60.389 ha
Catamarca19.001 ha
Corrientes10.298 ha

Districts where it is most common

It also appears on the detailed maps of: Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Ríos.

How productive it is

Where it is the main soil of the map unit, the productivity index has a median of 6 (very low); half of the units fall between 1 and 6.

Land capability

VII

class VII: 100%

Taken from the maps that include this data. A map unit with several soils has a single index, and it is only attributed to the dominant soil.

Subgroups on the maps

Soil series

Series are the specific soils, named after places, that detailed maps describe under this name. Two properties with the same series have the same soil.

Corrientes

La Loma · El Venado

Buenos Aires

Estancia La Criolla

The definitions are a plain-language summary of the USDA Keys to Soil Taxonomy. The formal definition includes thickness, color and percentage thresholds that are left out here.

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