Soil and Terrain Database (SOTER) for China
The Soil and Terrain database for China primary data (version 1.0), at scale 1:1 million (SOTER_China), was compiled of enhanced soil information within the framework of the FAO's program of Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA). The primary database was compiled using the SOTER methodology. The SOTER unit delineation was based on a raster format of the soil map of China, correlated and converted to FAO’s Revised Legend (1988), in combination with a SOTER landform characterization derived from Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) 90 m digital elevation model (DEM). Reference profiles for the dominant soil of the SOTER units has been directly linked to the polygons.
SOTER forms a part of the ongoing activities of ISRIC, FAO and UNEP to update the world's baseline information on natural resources.The project involved collaboration with national soil institutes from the countries in the region as well as individual experts.
INSPIRE
Identification
- File identifier
- 2919b1e3-6a79-4162-9d3a-e640a1dc5aef XML
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Online resource
- Protocol
- WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-ftp--download
- Protocol
- WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related
- Protocol
- WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related
Resource identifier
- code
- 2919b1e3-6a79-4162-9d3a-e640a1dc5aef
- Metadata language
- English
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
Encoding
- Format
- zip
Projection
- code
- 4326
Classification of data and services
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Keywords
- Stratum
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- Soil science
- Region
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- Asia
- China
Other keywords
- Theme
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- calcium
- carbon
- cation exchange capacity
- electrical conductivity
- nitrogen
- organic matter
- bulk density
- soil profiles
- pH
- salinity
- texture
- water holding capacity
- nutrients
Geographic coverage
Temporal reference
Temporal extent
- Begin
- 1986-01-01
- End
- 2008-10-01
Temporal extent
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-10-01
Quality and validity
- Lineage
- Dijkshoorn JA, van Engelen VWP and Huting JRM 2008. Soil and landform properties for LADA partner countries (Argentina, China, Cuba, Senegal and The Gambia, South Africa and Tunisia). ISRIC report 2008/06 and GLADA report 2008/03, ISRIC – World Soil Information and FAO, Wageningen, https://isric.org/sites/default/files/isric_report_2008_06.pdf
- Denominator
- 1000000
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Restrictions on access and use
- Access constraints
- Attribution 3.0 International (CC BY 3.0)
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- bas.kempen@wur.nl
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- None
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- None
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- bas.kempen@wur.nl
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- None
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- None
Metadata information
Contact for the metadata
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- Date stamp
- 2021-07-14T11:52:00
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8