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.
INSPIRE
Identification
- File identifier
- 73e27136-9efe-49e4-af35-fd98b841d467 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
- 73e27136-9efe-49e4-af35-fd98b841d467
- 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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- Africa
- East-Africa
- Kenya
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
N
S
E
W
Temporal reference
Temporal extent
- Begin
- 1972-01-01
- End
- 2003-04-01
Temporal extent
- Date (Publication)
- 2004-02-01
Quality and validity
- Lineage
- 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.
- 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
- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
- kss@iconnect.co.ke
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- bas.kempen@wur.nl
- Organisation name
- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
- kss@iconnect.co.ke
Metadata information
Contact for the metadata
- Organisation name
- ISRIC - World Soil Information
- Date stamp
- 2021-07-14T11:52:39
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
SDS
Conformance class 1: invocable
Access Point URL
Endpoint URL
Technical specification
Conformance class 2: interoperable
Access constraints
Limitation
Use constraints
Limitation
Responsible custodian
Contact for the resource
Overviews
Spatial extent
N
S
E
W
Provided by
Associated resources
Not available