Reference soil United Kingdom 04: Gleysol

GB004

Gleysols occur throughout the world where groundwater comes near to the surface, causing soils to become wet for a prolonged part of the year. They are particularly abundant in the low-lying river basins.

Characteristics

Soils having gleyic properties (properties associated with prolonged wetness) within 50 cm from the soil surface. They have no diagnostic horizons other than an anthraquic, histic, mollic, ochric, takyric, or umbric horizon at the surface, or an andic, calcic, cambic, gypsic, plinthic, salic, sulfuric, or vitric horizon within 100 cm from the soil surface.

Distribution of Gleysols (rough estimation supplied by soilgrids)

Reference soil GB004: Gleysols

Classification

WRB 1998 
Calcari-Humic- Gleysol 
  
FAO-UNESCO-ISRIC 1988FAO-UNESCO-ISRIC 1974
Eutric GleysolCalcaric Gleysol

 

Local classification:SSEW: Pelo-alluvial gley soil. Soil series: Compton