National Soil Survery Project
391 soil series, 1:5,000 scale, 16,620 maps since 1964
- '64 ~ '67
- Reconnaisance Soil Survey (1:50,000 scale)
- '68 ~ '90
- Detailed Soil Survey (1:25,000 scale)
- '95 ~ '99
- Detailed Soil Survey (1:5,000 scale)
- '98 ~ Present
- Soil Terting DB
- '98 ~ '05
- Digitization of Soil Maps
- '02 ~ '06
- Korean Soil Information System (1:5,000 Soils Maps Service)
- '07 ~ Present
- System maintenance and functional enhancement
Korean Soil Classirication : 7 orders 14 suborders 405 series
|
Soil Order
|
Rate(%)
|
No. of Soil Series
|
|
Paddy field
|
Upland soils
|
Forest soils
|
Total
|
|
Inceptisols
|
62.2
|
83
|
39
|
30
|
152
|
|
Entisols
|
10.5
|
29
|
16
|
15
|
60
|
|
Ultisols
|
12.3
|
7
|
28
|
28
|
63
|
|
Alfisols
|
8.8
|
36
|
28
|
7
|
71
|
|
Andisols
|
1.4
|
|
19
|
22
|
41
|
|
Mollisols
|
0.7
|
4
|
10
|
2
|
16
|
|
Histosols
|
0.004
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
Others
|
4.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
161
|
139
|
105
|
405
|
|
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