Soil and Terrain Database for Southern Africa (SOTERSAF)

The Soil and Terrain database for Southern Africa (SOTERSAF version 1.0), at scale 1:2 million, include the spatial and soil attribute data for 8 Southern African countries. The SOTERSAF database was compiled using the existing soil information and following the SOTER methodology of the 1:1 million scale with respect to pedon attribute data storage.

The data (SOTERSAF) were compiled in the framework of the ongoing activities of ISRIC, FAO and UNEP to update the world's baseline information on natural resources in SOTER.The project involved collaboration with national soil institutes from the countries in the region as well as individual experts.

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Date (Publication)
2004-10-01
Identifier
3571c1f3-159d-442c-b324-0af53d03f12e
Presentation form
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Status
Completed
Author
  ISRIC - World Soil Information - J.A. Dijkshoorn ( )
PO Box 353 , Wageningen , 6700AJ , Netherlands
Author
  ISRIC - World Soil Information - Niels Batjes ( Senior Soil Scientist )
PO Box 353 , Wageningen , 6700AJ , Netherlands
Theme
  • calcium
  • carbon
  • cation exchange capacity
  • electrical conductivity
  • nitrogen
  • organic matter
  • bulk density
  • soil profiles
  • pH
  • salinity
  • texture
  • water holding capacity
  • nutrients
Stratum
  • Soil science
Region
  • Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • Angola
  • Botswana
  • Lesotho
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • South Africa
  • Swaziland
  • Tanzania
  • Zimbabwe
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Attribution 3.0 International (CC BY 3.0)
Spatial representation type
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Denominator
2000000
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
1951-01-01
End date
2000-11-01
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Reference system identifier
EPSG / 4326
Distribution format
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OnLine resource
Download ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-ftp--download )
OnLine resource
Project webpage ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related )
OnLine resource
Report ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related )
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Dataset
Statement

Primary data:

1)Dijkshoorn JA 2003. SOTER database for southern Africa (SOTERSAF, ver. 1.0), ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen

2) FAO and ISRIC 2003. Soil and Terrain database for Southern Africa (1:2 million scale). FAO Land and Water Digital Media Series 25, ISRIC and FAO, Rome (http://www.fao.org/icatalog/search/dett.asp?aries_id=104318)

Derived data (needed for modelling):

3) Batjes NH 2004. SOTER-based soil parameter estimates for Southern Africa (ver. 1.0). Report 2004/04, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen, https://isric.org/sites/default/files/isric_report_2004_04.pdf

File identifier
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Metadata language
English
Character set
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Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name
dataset
Date stamp
2024-04-11T12:43:18
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
2003/Cor.1:2006
Point of contact
  ISRIC - World Soil Information - Data infodesk
 
 

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bulk density calcium carbon cation exchange capacity electrical conductivity nitrogen nutrients organic matter pH salinity soil profiles texture water holding capacity

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