Soil and Terrain Database (SOTER) for Tunisia

: The Soil and Terrain database for Tunisia primary data (version 1.0), at scale 1:1 million (SOTER_Tunisia), was compiled of enhanced soil information within the framework of the FAO's program of Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA). A SOTER database was compiled based on the digital soil map of Tunisia. The primary soil and terrain data for Tunisia has been selected from available survey reports and publications. A SRTM-DEM was used to adjust some unit boundaries in the GIS file.

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.

Citation proposal
. Soil and Terrain Database (SOTER) for Tunisia. http://data2.isric.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/be18fb28-4f85-41d0-a448-6d56fba8bd3b

Simple

Date ( Revision ): 2006-11-01T09:25:00

Edition: V1.0

Presentation form: Digital map

Purpose

Status: Completed

Point of contact

ISRIC - World Soil Information - Bas Kempen (Researcher )

P.O. Box 353 Wageningen 6700 AJ Netherlands

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Keywords ( Theme )

Calcium , Carbon , Cation Exchange Capacity , Electircal 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

Keywords ( Stratum )

Geoscientific data

Region ( Place )

Tunisia ,

Region ( Place )

North Africa

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Spatial representation type: Vector

Denominator: 1000000

Metadata language: eng

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Supplemental Information: 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/isric/webdocs/docs/ISRIC_Report_2008_06.pdf

Reference system identifier: WGS 1984

Distribution format

Shapefile ( )
kmz ( )
MS Access ( )
SQLite ( )

OnLine resource: Soil and Terrain Database (SOTER) for Tunisia
Downloadable data; ESRI shapefile format and MS Access and SQlite (zipped).

OnLine resource: soter_tn_map_unit
Soil and Terrain Database (SOTER) for Tunisia

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Statement

Primart data:

1) 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/isric/webdocs/docs/ISRIC_Report_2008_06.pdf

2) Derived data (to be used for modelling)

Batjes NH 2010. Soil property estimates for Tunisia derived from SOTER and WISE (SOTWIS-Tunisia, ver. 1.0). Report 2010/01, ISRIC – World Soil Information, Wageningen), https://isric.org/isric/webdocs/docs/ISRIC_Report_2010_01.pdf