Agriculture Reference
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Figure 11.5
A map of Brazil showing the main distribution of Planossolos.
development of blocky and prismatic soil structure, and shiny ped faces that are either clay skins
or pressure faces.
This class includes mainly those soils that have been previously identiÝed as Terra Roxa
Estruturada, Terra Roxa Estruturada Similar, Terra Bruna Estruturada, Terra Bruna Estruturada
Similar, and a few of both Podzlicos Vermelho-Escuros Tb and Podzlico Vermelhos-Amarelos Tb.
The geographical distribution of this soil class secluded from the 1:5,000,000 scale of the
Brazilian soil map is shown in Figure 11.7. It comprises 110,655 km
2
corresponding to 1.3% of
the country.
Figure 11.6
A map of Brazil showing the main distribution of Gleissolos.
