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Item	47643
UDC Class:	631.474(676.1)
Title:	The Soils of Karamoja District, Northern Province of Uganda
Subtitle:	Memoirs of the Research Division - Series 1: Soils; Number 5
Language:	English
Subjects:	Soil Survey, Soil Classification, Soil Series, Pedogenesis, Parent Materials, Profile Descriptions, Analytical Data, Current & Potential Land Use, Soil Erosion, Vegetation, API, Geomorphology.
Series Title:	Memoirs of the Research Division
Series Section Number:	Number 5
Series Section Name:	Series 1: Soils
Publication Date:	1959
Publisher’s Name:	Kawanda Research Station
Place of Publication:	Kampala, Uganda
Project Sponsor:	Department of Agriculture, Uganda Protectorate
Corporate Author:	Kawanda Research Station
Author:	Wilson, J.G.
Material Extent:	86 pages; plus 5 map sheets in a back-cover pocket
Material Characteristics:	Typewritten Memoir, with tables, profile descriptions, analytical data, list of references, and in a back-cover pocket, 5 maps at 1:1,000,000 & 1:250,000 scales.
Material Accompanying:	Memoirs of the Research Division; Series 1: Soils
Material Type:	Perfect bound with cardboard printed cover
Summary Abstract:	This Memoir 5 -The Soils of Karamoja District- forms part of a set of 6 Memoirs of the Series 1 (Soils) of the Research Division. The other Memoirs of Series 1 are: M.1: An Introduction to the Soils of the Uganda Protectorate; M.2: The Soils of Eastern Province; M.3: The Soils of Northern Province; M.4: The Soils & Land Use of Buganda; and M.6: The Soils of Western Province. This Memoir 5 presents the findings of a Soil Survey of Karamoja, which was initiated at the end of 1955, with the purpose to depict on a map the different types of soils occurring in the District; the 26 map units are mainly soil series. The Memoir includes the profile description of 43 dominant soil series with their analytical data and a summary of their potential agric. land use. The Memoir is accompanied (in a back-cover pocket) by 3 maps, at 1:1,000,000 scale (Geomorphology, Land Use & Erosion) and 2 Soil Maps at 1:250,000 scale (Northern & Southern Karamoja). See also WOSSAC Id. #47638
Country Then:	Uganda Protectorate
Country Now:	Uganda
Region:	East Africa - Karamoja District of Uganda
Nearest City:	Moroto
Northernmost Latitude (decimal degrees):	4.25
Southernmost Latitude (decimal degrees):	1.25
Easternmost Longitude (decimal degrees):	35.375
Westernmost Longitude (decimal degrees):	33.5
Map Sheet:	Soils of Northern & Southern Karamoja
Map Scale:	250000

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