Soil and Terrain Database for Kenya (KENSOTER), version 2.0

The Soil and Terrain database for Kenya (KENSOTER), version 2.0, at scale 1:1 million, replaces version 1.0 . The update include changes in the GIS file and in the attribute database. The topographic base of KENSOTER was adapted to a version congruent to the Digital Chart of the World. The KENSOTER attribute database has changed with respect to the number of pedons stored and pedon attributes. The KENSOTER version 2.0 database contains a number of measured soil moisture contents at various tensions.

Citation proposal
. Soil and Terrain Database for Kenya (KENSOTER), version 2.0. https://data.isric.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/73e27136-9efe-49e4-af35-fd98b841d467

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Date ( Creation ): 2004-02-01

Edition: 2004-02-01

Presentation form: Digital map

Purpose

Status: Completed

Point of contact

ISRIC - World Soil Information - Bas Kempen (Soil mapping specialist )

PO Box 353 Wageningen 6700AJ Netherlands

Author

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute - Peter N Macharia (Head Kenya Soil Survey )

PO Box 14733 Nairobi 00800 Kenya

Keywords ( Theme )

Calcium
Carbon
Cation Exchange Capacity
Electrical Conductivity
Nitrogen
Organic Matter
Soil Bulk Density
Soil Classification
Soil Depth
Soil Horizons/Profile
Soil pH
Soil Salinity/Soil Sodicity
Soil Texture
Soil Water Holding Capacity
Environment
soter

Stratum ( Stratum )

Soil science

Region ( Place )

Africa
East-Africa
Kenya

Access constraints: License

Use constraints: License

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Spatial representation type: Vector

Denominator: 1000000

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Begin date: 1986-01-01

End date: 2004-02-01

Supplemental Information

Reference system identifier: EPSG / 4326

Distribution format

zip ( )

OnLine resource: Download

OnLine resource: soter_ke_map_unit

OnLine resource: Project webpage

OnLine resource: Report

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Statement: The KENSOTER dataset 1:1 million was compiled in 1996 by the Kenya Soil Survey with technical backstopping and training provided by ISRIC -World Soil Information. The compilation was based on the - Exploratory Soil Map and Agro-Climatic Zone Map of Kenya-, scale 1:1 million (KSS 1982) and the many described and analysed soil profiles in KSSs database system. The database has been updated by (Batjes NH and Gicheru P 2004) and subsequently used for the sequestration of organic carbon stocks in soils at national level (GEF-SOC project). In 2007 the dataset was updated in respect of attribute data for the Green Water Credit project in the Upper Tana River catchment.