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Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Stone content
Regions and cities, Environment
The stone content refers to the individual mineral components of the soil which are larger than 2 mm (sieve residue). In most cases the top 50 cm of the soil was evaluated. (Det...
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Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Water storage capacity
Regions and cities, Environment
The term refers to water which is retained in the soil by tension forces and can easily be taken up by plants (soil moisture tension 0.1 - 1 Atm). Estimates show that there is l...
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Demand for irrigation
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities
Long-term 33% quantile of relative evapotranspiration (ratio of current to potential evapotranspiration ET/ETp) for agriculturally productive areas of Switzerland. Calculation f...