Open AccessSOILS OF SOUTHLAND COUNTY
Author(s) -
E.J.B. Cutler
Publication year - 1950
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1950.12.951
Subject(s) - vegetation (pathology) , soil water , earth science , environmental science , physical geography , range (aeronautics) , geology , soil science , hydrology (agriculture) , geography , geotechnical engineering , engineering , medicine , pathology , aerospace engineering
Soil is the product of five soil-forming factors: rock, climate, vegetation, topography, and time. When one considers the wide range of each of these five factors, it is easy to visualise the large number of possible combinations. This is particularly true of New Zealand, where there are wide ranges in climate, vegetation, and, in some areas, parent material.