Soil Texture
This map illustrates the distribution of soil parent material textures in the agricultural region of Alberta. Soil texture is defined by the relative proportions of the sand, silt and clay particles present. Soil textures are identified by classes using the Soil Texture Triangle illustrated below. The Soil Texture Triangle identifies the textural class of a soil at the intersection of the percent sand (x-axis) and the percent clay (y-axis). The percent silt of the soil is the remainder to add up to 100 percent. This resource was created in 2002 using ArcGIS.
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Date Created
2016-07-13
Date Published
2016-07-13
Temporal Coverage
2002-01-01 - 2002-01-01
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972
Source(s) and Citation
Government of Alberta; Agriculture and Forestry. (2016-07-13). Soil Texture. https://open.alberta.ca/opendata
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alberta, downloadable-data, geoscientificinformation, soil-chemiophysical-properties, soil-cohesion, soil-composition, soil-separates, government information
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