World reference base for soil resources 2014

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106World reference base for soil resources 2014 International soil classification system for naming soils and creating legends for soil mapsUpdate 2015WORLDSOILRESOURCESREPORTSISSN 0532-0488Copies of FAO publications can be requested from:Cover photographs (left to right): Ekranic Technosol Austria ( Erika Mich li)Reductaquic Cryosol Russia ( Maria Gerasimova)Ferralic Nitisol Australia ( Ben Harms)Pellic Vertisol Bulgaria ( Erika Mich li)Albic Podzol Czech Republic ( Erika Mich li)Hypercalcic Kastanozem Mexico ( Carlos Cruz Gaistardo)Stagnic Luvisol South Africa ( M rta Fuchs)SALES AND MARKETING GROUPInformation DivisionFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla00100 Rome, ItalyE-mail: (+39) 06 57053360Web site.

The first edition of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) was released at the 16th World Congress of Soil Science at Montpellier in 1998. At the same event, it was also endorsed and adopted as the system for soil correlation and international communication of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS). The second edition

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