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Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Water storage capacity

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 likely to be 1 mm of easily available water (soil moisture tension 0.1 - 1 Atm) for each 1 cm of physiological root penetration depth. The physiological root penetration depth is determined by the entire layer that can be penetrated by roots, with deductions for stones and large cavities in sand and gravel soils, together with deductions for compact structures and soil horizons with a low oxygen content. (Details: Soil suitability map of Switzerland, March 1980).

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Identifier
6caf4d0f-52da-433a-809f-92781316ad0e@bundesamt-fur-landwirtschaft-blw
Title for URL of the dataset
digitale-bodeneignungskarte-der-schweiz-wasserspeichervermogen5
Schedule the publication of the dataset
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Issued date
July 1, 2012
Modification date
July 1, 2012
Conforms to
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Update interval
Never
Temporal coverage
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Publisher Information
Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft
Contact points
info@blw.admin.ch
Languages
  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Italian
Url
https://www.blw.admin.ch/blw/de/home/politik/datenmanagement/geografisches-informationssystem-gis/bodeneignungskarte.html
Relations
Spatial
Schweiz
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Terms of use
NonCommercialAllowed-CommercialAllowed-ReferenceRequired
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