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Item 44922
UDC Class:631.473 (678)
Title:Provisional Soil Map of East Africa (Tanganyika)
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Language:English
Subjects:Catena, Soil map
Publication Date:1936
Publisher’s Name:Department of Agriculture
Place of Publication:Amani, Tanganyika
Project Sponsor:Government of Tanganyika
Author:G.Milne
Material Extent:Single sheet map with text
Material Characteristics:Hand drawn map and hand written text
Material Type:Single sheet in pocket folder
Summary Abstract:The soil map highlights 4 areas in Tanganyika mapped as Catena Associations. These are Catena are shown as N.W. Bakoba, Tabora, Usukuma and Ugalla River Basin. The accompanying text is a note on Plateau Soils, Red Earths and Black or Gray Clay.This map can be seen in colour in the 1948 Atlas of Tanganyika, Sheet #4. The Notes in the Atlas are more comprehensive.
Country Then:Tanganyika
Country Now:Tanzania
Northernmost Latitude (decimal degrees):-0.5
Southernmost Latitude (decimal degrees):-12.1
Easternmost Longitude (decimal degrees):40.1
Westernmost Longitude (decimal degrees):28.5
Map Scale:4000000
Document File:     44922_Tanganyika_1936_800dpi.JPG  (8.97 Mb) 
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