Location | Depth | % sand | % clay | % silt | Textural class | % porosity | Soil description* |
Timbilil | 0 - 20 | 41.37 | 49.75 | 10.96 | Clay | 37.56 | Volcanic dark red (10R 3/2), deep friable clays with a dusky red (2.5YR 3/6) top soil (0 - 0.1 m), with Kaolinite as the predominant , classified as humicnitosols |
20 - 40 | 42.15 | 44.13 | 13.28 | Clay | 45.22 | ||
40 - 60 | 38.08 | 48.36 | 15.57 | Clay | 47.00 | ||
Kangaita | 0 - 20 | 76.20 | 13.44 | 10.36 | Sandy loam | 42.00 | Volcanic reddish brown to dark brown, extremely deep, friable and slightly smeary clay with acid humic top soils, classed as ando-humicnitosols |
20 - 40 | 71.00 | 18.11 | 10.89 | Sandy loam | 41.00 | ||
40 - 60 | 62.65 | 24.72 | 12.63 | Sandy loam | 55.67 | ||
Kipkebe | 0 - 20 | 30.62 | 57.35 | 14.73 | Clay | 37.74 | Dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), deep to very deep, with friable and slightly smeary top soils, which were developed on acid igneous rock, classed as andoluvic phaeozems |
20 - 40 | 47.14 | 42.63 | 12.17 | Clay | 39.63 | ||
40 - 60 | 46.31 | 38.35 | 16.01 | Clay | 46.44 |