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20.4 Distribution of Soils with a Salic Horizon
Soil mapping units with a salic horizon comprise 11,000 km
2
, accounting for 0.1 %
of the total soil area of the conterminous USA (Fig.
20.2
). Soils with a salic horizon
occur primarily in the Basin and Range province of the western USA (NV, CA, TX,
UT) and the Columbia Plateau (eastern OR).
Fig. 20.2 Distribution of soils with a salic horizon in the USA (From Bockheim and
Hartemink
2013
)
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