f31ac19f-67a4-4f64-94cc-d4f063ea9add dataset Data infodesk ISRIC - World Soil Information data@isric.org 2025-11-12T10:26:04 ISO 19115:2003/19139 2003/Cor.1:2006 4326 EPSG Soil and Terrain Database (SOTER) for Cuba 2008-10-01 f31ac19f-67a4-4f64-94cc-d4f063ea9add The Soil and Terrain database for Cuba primary data (version 1.0), at scale 1:1 million (SOTER_Cuba), was compiled of enhanced soil informtion within the framework of the FAO's program Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA). Primary soil and terrain data for Cuba were obtained from the SOTERLAC database (ver. 2) at scale 1:5 million. This update includes changes in the GIS file, based on the SRTM-DEM derived surface information and supplementary attributes data changes of the pedon database. 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. Bas Kempen ISRIC - World Soil Information Soil mapping specialist PO Box 353 Wageningen 6700AJ Netherlands bas.kempen@wur.nl J.A. Dijkshoorn ISRIC - World Soil Information PO Box 353 Wageningen 6700AJ Netherlands None Jan R.M. Huting ISRIC - World Soil Information PO Box 353 Wageningen 6700AJ Netherlands None https://files.isric.org/public/thumbnails/soter/SOTER_CU.jpg calcium carbon cation exchange capacity electrical conductivity nitrogen organic matter bulk density soil profiles pH salinity texture water holding capacity nutrients Soil science Stratum South America Latin America Cuba Region Attribution 3.0 International (CC BY 3.0) 1000000 geoscientificInformation 1976-06-01 1992-02-01 -85.00 -74.10 19.80 23.20 zip https://files.isric.org/public/soter/CU-SOTER.zip WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-ftp--download Download https://isric.org/projects/soil-and-terrain-soter-database-programme WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Project webpage https://files.isric.org/public/documents/isric_report_2008_06.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Report 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/sites/default/files/isric_report_2008_06.pdf