The Great Groups of Soils

Soils of Canada Home Page is a preliminary collection of soil profiles representing twenty Great Groups in the Canadian System of Soil Classification. The different Great Groups are: 

Brunisolic Order

Orthic Melanic Brunisol 
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Sombric Brunisolic Soil

Chernozemic Order

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Orthic Dark Gray Chernozemic Soil 

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Orthic Black Chernozemic Soil 

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Orthic Brown Chernozemic Soil 

Cryosolic Order

we are still working on this ! 

Gleysolic Order

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Luvic Gleysolic Soil

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Orthic Humic Gleysolic Soil

Luvisolic Order

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Orthic Gray Luvisolic Soil

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Orthic Gray Brown Luvisolic Soil 

Podzolic Order

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Orthic Ferro-Humic Podzolic Soil

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Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzolic Soil

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Humic Podzolic Soil

Regosolic Order

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Cumulic Regosolic Soil

Solonetzic Order

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Black Solod

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Black Solodized Solonetzic Soil

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Brown Solodized Solonetzic Soil

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Brown Solod
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