Reference Soil Groups

An analysis of the WRB reference soil groups by the WRB working group.

1. HISTOSOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

2. ANTHROSOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

3. TECHNOSOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

4. CRYOSOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

5. LEPTOSOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

6. SOLONETZ
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

7. VERTISOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review, Documentation

8. SOLONCHAKS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

9. GLEYSOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

10. ANDOSOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

11. PODZOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

12. PLINTHOSOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

13. PLANOSOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

14. STAGNOSOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

15. NITISOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

16. FERRALSOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review, Documentation

17. CHERNOZEMS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

18. KASTANOZEMS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

19. PHAEOZEMS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

20. UMBRISOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

21. DURISOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

22. GYPSISOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

23. CALCISOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

24. RETISOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

25. ACRISOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

26. LIXISOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

  1. ALISOLS
    Lecture notes,
    Typifying pedons,
    Historical Review

28. LUVISOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

29. CAMBISOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

30. FLUVISOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

31. ARENOSOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review

32. REGOSOLS
Lecture notes,
Typifying pedons,
Historical Review



The majority of the profiles have been analysed in the (past) laboratory of ISRIC following the procedures for soil analysis by Van Reeuwijk, 6th edition, 2002

Pictures

Pictures of each of the soil types are collected in the picture gallery

Distributions

Per soil type the predicted distribution of that soil has been vizualised in a map on the distributions page