Reference soil Slovakia 05: Chernozem

SK005

Chernozems are typically found in the long-grass steppe regions of the world, particularly in Eastern Europe and North America (Canada and the USA).

Characteristics

Soils having a very dark mollic horizon (thick, brownish or blackish surface horizon with a significant accumulation of organic matter and high base saturation) and secondary carbonates within 50 cm of the lower limit of the Ah horizon, but within 200 cm from the soil surface. They have no petrocalcic horizon between 25 and 100 cm from the soil surface, no secondary gypsum and no uncoated sand and silt grains on structural pedfaces

Distribution of Chernozems (rough estimation supplied by soilgrids)

Reference soil SK005: Chernozems

Classification

WRB 1998 
Vermi-Siltic- Chernozem 
  
FAO-UNESCO-ISRIC 1988FAO-UNESCO-ISRIC 1974
Vermi-Haplic ChernozemHaplic Chernozem

 

Local classification:Cernozem