AD151 Typic Torriorthents UAE
Typic Torriorthents, sandy-skeletal, mixed, hyperthermic (Soil AD151) are deep to very deep, sandy soils having ≥35% rock fragments or gravels on the surface and in the profile. These soils typically occupy older land surfaces. They occur throughout the Emirate but particularly in the north and east where they have been influenced by outwash deposits from the Oman Mountains. They are typically excessively drained or somewhat excessively drained and have rapid to very rapid permeability.
These soils occur on older eroded sediment surfaces usually in the level to gently undulating piedmont plain or gently undulating deflation plain.
These soils remain as a barren land or in some places have been leveled for agroforestry or sometimes used for low intensity grazing by camel, sheep or goats. They frequently have less than 5% vegetation cover of Haloxylon salicornicum, Tribulus arabicus and Zygophyllum qatarense.
These soils are common but not widespread being confined to the piedmont plain in the northeastern part of Abu Dhabi Emirate near Al Ain where they have been identified as a component of several map units.
Plate 49: Typical soil profile and associated landscape for Typic Torriorthents, sandy-skeletal, mixed, hyperthermic (Soil AD151).
AD151 Typic Torriorthents UAE
Typic Torriorthents, sandy-skeletal, mixed, hyperthermic (Soil AD151) are deep to very deep, sandy soils having ≥35% rock fragments or gravels on the surface and in the profile. These soils typically occupy older land surfaces. They occur throughout the Emirate but particularly in the north and east where they have been influenced by outwash deposits from the Oman Mountains. They are typically excessively drained or somewhat excessively drained and have rapid to very rapid permeability.
These soils occur on older eroded sediment surfaces usually in the level to gently undulating piedmont plain or gently undulating deflation plain.
These soils remain as a barren land or in some places have been leveled for agroforestry or sometimes used for low intensity grazing by camel, sheep or goats. They frequently have less than 5% vegetation cover of Haloxylon salicornicum, Tribulus arabicus and Zygophyllum qatarense.
These soils are common but not widespread being confined to the piedmont plain in the northeastern part of Abu Dhabi Emirate near Al Ain where they have been identified as a component of several map units.
Plate 49: Typical soil profile and associated landscape for Typic Torriorthents, sandy-skeletal, mixed, hyperthermic (Soil AD151).