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General soil types of Bangladesh
General soil type |
Area (ha) |
(%) |
Floodplain soils |
9,718,722 |
78.96 |
Calcareous Alluvium |
591,796 |
4.81 |
Non-calcareous Alluvium |
562,242 |
4.57 |
Calcareous Brown Floodplain soils |
478,518 |
3.89 |
Calcareous Grey Floodplain soils |
170,767 |
1.39 |
Calcareous Dark Grey Floodplain soils |
1,434,678 |
11.66 |
Non CalcareousGrey Floodplain soils |
3,387,153 |
27.52 |
Non Calcareous Brown Floodplain soils |
383,312 |
3.11 |
Non Calcareous Dark Grey Floodplain soils |
1,599,645 |
13.00 |
Black Terai soils |
83,408 |
0.68 |
Acid Basin clays |
348,994 |
2.84 |
Acid Sulphate soils |
226,647 |
1.84 |
Peat |
130,005 |
1.06 |
Grey Piedmont Soils |
215,279 |
1.75 |
Made-land |
106,278 |
0.86 |
Hill soils (Brown Hill Soils) |
1,561,472 |
12.69 |
Terrace soils |
1,028,030 |
8.35 |
Shallow Red-Brown Terrace soils |
72,549 |
0.59 |
Deep Red-Brown Terrace soils |
189,380 |
1.54 |
Brown Mottled Terrace soils |
34,235 |
0.28 |
Shallow Grey Terrace soils |
265,427 |
2.16 |
Deep Grey Terrace soils |
352,152 |
2.86 |
Grey Valley soils |
114,287 |
0.93 |
Total soil area |
12,308,224 |
100.00 |
Source FAO/UNDP, 1988 |