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.

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Date (Publication)
2004-02-01
Identifier
73e27136-9efe-49e4-af35-fd98b841d467
Presentation form
Digital map
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
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
  • East-Africa
  • Kenya
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License
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License
Other constraints
Attribution 3.0 International (CC BY 3.0)
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
1000000
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
1972-01-01
End date
2003-04-01
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Reference system identifier
EPSG / 4326
Distribution format
  • zip ( )

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
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.
File identifier
73e27136-9efe-49e4-af35-fd98b841d467 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name
dataset
Date stamp
2021-07-14T11:52:39
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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Keywords

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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