Livestock grazing on a Gypsic soil, coastal Abu Dahbi Emirate, UAE
Photo courtesy of EAD-Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi. www.ead.gov.ae/
Commonly these soils remain as a barren land but are sometimes used for low intensity grazing by camel, sheep or goats. They typically have less than 5% vegetation cover of Cyperus conglomeratus, Haloxylon salicornicum and Zygophyllum spp.
These Gypsic Haplosalids are very deep, sandy soils with gypsum occurring at or near the soil surface and high concentrations of gypsum and salt in the subsoil. These soils occur on older sediments in deflation plains and at the higher margins of inland and coastal sabkhas throughout Abu Dhabi. They are well drained or somewhat excessively drained and permeability is rapid or moderately rapid. They are formed in old sand and gravel deposits.
The soils have been recorded in both inland and coastal sabkha and deflation plains in the central and eastern parts of the Emirate. The soil forms a minor component of map units in these areas. A few scattered sites have also been recorded from the western end of the Liwa Crescent.
For more information about soil classification in the UAE, visit:
vdocument.in/united-arab-emirates-keys-to-soil-taxonomy.h...
For more information about describing and sampling soils, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/resources/guides-and-instructions/field...
or Chapter 3 of the Soil Survey manual:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/The-Soil-Su...
For additional information on "How to Use the Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils" (video reference), visit:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_hQaXV7MpM
Livestock grazing on a Gypsic soil, coastal Abu Dahbi Emirate, UAE
Photo courtesy of EAD-Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi. www.ead.gov.ae/
Commonly these soils remain as a barren land but are sometimes used for low intensity grazing by camel, sheep or goats. They typically have less than 5% vegetation cover of Cyperus conglomeratus, Haloxylon salicornicum and Zygophyllum spp.
These Gypsic Haplosalids are very deep, sandy soils with gypsum occurring at or near the soil surface and high concentrations of gypsum and salt in the subsoil. These soils occur on older sediments in deflation plains and at the higher margins of inland and coastal sabkhas throughout Abu Dhabi. They are well drained or somewhat excessively drained and permeability is rapid or moderately rapid. They are formed in old sand and gravel deposits.
The soils have been recorded in both inland and coastal sabkha and deflation plains in the central and eastern parts of the Emirate. The soil forms a minor component of map units in these areas. A few scattered sites have also been recorded from the western end of the Liwa Crescent.
For more information about soil classification in the UAE, visit:
vdocument.in/united-arab-emirates-keys-to-soil-taxonomy.h...
For more information about describing and sampling soils, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/resources/guides-and-instructions/field...
or Chapter 3 of the Soil Survey manual:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/The-Soil-Su...
For additional information on "How to Use the Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils" (video reference), visit:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_hQaXV7MpM