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Table 21.3
Site factors for soils with sombric and sombric-like horizons (Bockheim
2012
)
Soil
moisture
regime
Soil
temperature
regime
MAAT
(
C)
K¨ppen
climate
Bedrock/
landform
Location
Latitude
Longitude Elev. (m) MAP (mm)
Vegetation
References
11.5
0
N76 45
0
E
Nilgiri Hills, W. Ghats,
India
2,000-
2,400
1,300-2,500
15
Cf, Cw
Udic
Thermic
Grassland,
evergreen
forest
Precambrian
charnockite
Caner et al. (
2003
,
2007
)
Santa Catarina, Brazil
28.7 S
49.4 W
50-100
1,400
16-18
Cfa
Udic
Thermic
“Dense
ombrophilic”
forest
Permian
sedimentary
Almeida et al. (
2009
)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
22 S
45 W
1,300
23
Perudic
Hyperthermic Grassland
Precambrian
quartzite
Volkoff and Cerri (
1987
)
Paran´, Brazil
25 S
46 W
Forest
Precambrian
quartzite
Volkoff and Cerri (
1987
)
SE Brazil
23 S
48 W
1,500
1,200-2,000
19-25
Aw
Udic
Hyperthermic
“Semideciduous”
Precambrian
shield
Gouveia et al. (
2002
)
West-Central Brazil
15 S
59 W
1,500
1,200-2,000
19-25
Aw
Udic
Hyperthermic
“Semideciduous”
Plateaus
Gouveia et al. (
2002
)
Diamantina Plateau,
Brazil
18 S
43 W
1,300
23
Af?
Udic
Hyperthermic
“Scrub”
Precambrian
plateaus,
quartzite
Schaefer et al. (
2002
)
Cartago, Colombia
05 N
73 W
1,200-
1,320
Precambrian
(Guyana)
Faivre (
1990
)
Guasca, Colombia
05 N
76 W
2,800-
2,950
Shield, gneiss
Faivre (
1990
)
Rwanda, Burundi
02 S
30 W
1,400-
2,500
1,150-1,600
17-20
Aw, Cw Udic
Thermic
Savanna
Precambrian
schist
Frankart (
1983
),
Mutwewingabo
(
1989
),
and Nizeyimana
and Bicki (
1992
)
Republic of Congo
02 N-02 S 29-31 W 1,370-
2,350
1,350-1,950
16-20
Aw, Cw Udic
Thermic
Savanna, bamboo
forest, coffee
plantation
Precambrian
schist, gran-
ite, basalt
Sys (
1972
)
El Rincon, Oaxaca,
Mexico
17 N
95-96 W 1,800
1,700
20-22
Aw
Perudic
Thermic
Tropical cloud
forest
Pliocene lava
dome,
rhyolite
Bautista Cruz (
2005
)
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