Volume 1

Greece / by H.C. Darby [and others].

  • Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division
Date:
1944-1945
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Greece / by H.C. Darby [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ein] Alluvial,Marsh | a. and Meadow Soils GF, Dark Chestnut Steppe Soils WG Brown Forest Soils see Mediterranean Dry Forest Souls = Terra Rossa and Rendzinas Limestone Rock and limestone == Rock Soils Stony Mountain Soils and. 4 IYO WE Tee bare Rock “ : ‘ 5. C 200 pg Volcanic Soils pce a ea a Fig. 7. The soils of Greece Based on H. Stremme, 1: 2,500,000 International Soil Map of Europe (Berlin, 1937): The soils of Greece show great local variety. The nature of the soil is determined primarily by the climate and the character of the parent rock, and thus a general distinction can be made between the soils of the highland and those of the lowland. In general, the mountain soils are thin, poor and stony; the limestone uplands are particularly barren, with little or no soil cover, but here and there in the small basins and narrow valleys, red earth or terra rossa develops as the insoluble residue left after the soluble constituents of limestone have been removed. The soils of the plains vary greatly, from widespread fans of infertile, very permeable soil to rather impermeable, fertile clays and loams—the best soils in Greece.