Soils of Poland
Soils of south-west Poland (the Lower Silesia region and the Sudetes Mountains) by Prof. Cezary Kabała. Soil classification by the World Reference Base (WRB) is provided in the lower right corner of each profile.
For more information about soil classification by the WRB, visit;
www.fao.org/3/i3794en/I3794en.pdf
For more information about Dr. Kabala and his research, visit;
www.researchgate.net/profile/Cezary-Kabala
Lower Silesia is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia in the south-west Poland.
The landscape of the Lower Silesia changes from lowland to mountains as from the north to the south. Main two large geographical regions are therefore distinguished: the Silesian Lowlands and the Sudety (Sudetes) Mountains.
The Silesian and Silesian-Lusatian Lowlands are separated by the valley of river Kaczawa, and from the Sudetes by a steep morphological edge located along the Sudetes Marginal Fault, extended from Bolesławiec (the northwest) to Złoty Stok (the southeast). The southern part of the Lowland includes the Sudetes Foreland, consisting of quite low Wzgórza Strzegomskie (Strzegom Hills, 232 m), group of Ślęża (Mount Ślęża, 718 m), and Wzgórza Niemczańsko-Strzelińskie (Niemcza-Strzelin Hills, 392 m).
In a geological sense, the Sudetes Foreland is a part of the Sudetes Mountains and was created as a result of tectonic movements which separated one crystalline massif into two parts: a mountain uplifted part and a tectonic foreland (lower) part. The foreland remained a not very high plain with a few elevations, thus its morphology is similar rather to the Silesian Lowland than to the Sudetes. The eastern part of Silesian Lowlands consists of the wide plains, located along banks of the Oder River. From the north, the lowlands are delimited by the Wał Trzebnicki, consisting of chain of hills that are 200 km long and over 150 m high.
For more information about these soils, visit;
Soils of Poland
Soils of south-west Poland (the Lower Silesia region and the Sudetes Mountains) by Prof. Cezary Kabała. Soil classification by the World Reference Base (WRB) is provided in the lower right corner of each profile.
For more information about soil classification by the WRB, visit;
www.fao.org/3/i3794en/I3794en.pdf
For more information about Dr. Kabala and his research, visit;
www.researchgate.net/profile/Cezary-Kabala
Lower Silesia is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia in the south-west Poland.
The landscape of the Lower Silesia changes from lowland to mountains as from the north to the south. Main two large geographical regions are therefore distinguished: the Silesian Lowlands and the Sudety (Sudetes) Mountains.
The Silesian and Silesian-Lusatian Lowlands are separated by the valley of river Kaczawa, and from the Sudetes by a steep morphological edge located along the Sudetes Marginal Fault, extended from Bolesławiec (the northwest) to Złoty Stok (the southeast). The southern part of the Lowland includes the Sudetes Foreland, consisting of quite low Wzgórza Strzegomskie (Strzegom Hills, 232 m), group of Ślęża (Mount Ślęża, 718 m), and Wzgórza Niemczańsko-Strzelińskie (Niemcza-Strzelin Hills, 392 m).
In a geological sense, the Sudetes Foreland is a part of the Sudetes Mountains and was created as a result of tectonic movements which separated one crystalline massif into two parts: a mountain uplifted part and a tectonic foreland (lower) part. The foreland remained a not very high plain with a few elevations, thus its morphology is similar rather to the Silesian Lowland than to the Sudetes. The eastern part of Silesian Lowlands consists of the wide plains, located along banks of the Oder River. From the north, the lowlands are delimited by the Wał Trzebnicki, consisting of chain of hills that are 200 km long and over 150 m high.
For more information about these soils, visit;