Soils in their environment - Fundamentals of the Physical Environment - page 455

NATMAP soilscapes © Cranfield University (NSRI) 2004
Coastal and Inland Water © Ordnance Survey 2004

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NATMAP soilscapes

Blanket bog peat soils
Fen peat soils
Freely draining acid loamy soils over rock
Freely draining floodplain soils
Freely draining lime-rich loamy soils
Freely draining sandy Breckland soils
Freely draining slightly acid but base-rich soils
Freely draining slightly acid loamy soils
Freely draining slightly acid sandy soils
Freely draining very acid sandy and loamy soils
Lime-rich loamy and clayey soils with impeded drainage
Loamy and clayey floodplain soils with naturally high groundwater
Loamy and clayey soils of coastal flats with naturally high groundwater
Loamy and sandy soils with naturally high groundwater and a peaty surface
Loamy soils with naturally high groundwater

Naturally wet very acid sandy and loamy soils
Raised bog peat soils
Restored soils mostly from quarry and opencast spoil
Saltmarsh soils
Sand dune soils
Shallow lime-rich soils over chalk or limestone
Shallow very acid peaty soils over rock
Slightly acid loamy and clayey soils with impeded drainage
Slowly permeable seasonally wet acid loamy and clayery soils
Slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils
Slowly permeable wet very acid upland soils with a peaty surface
Very acid loamy upland soils with a wet peaty surface
Water

Figure 18.16 Distribution of major soil groups in England and Wales.
Image: National Soil Resources Institute