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FAO Classification dominant soil in Eritrea

The Soil and Terrain Database Map of East Africa is a computer system for the storage, display, interpretation and analysis of the Soil Map of East Africa at scale 1:1.000.000. The system consists of the soil and terrain database with corresponding soil maps, that are accessed by the programme for visualization in different viewer formats. Various interactive querying and selection tools provide easy access to specific parts of the database for display as thematic map, data browser or data entry form.

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Date ( Creation )
1997-05-01
Edition
First edition.
Presentation form
Digital document
Purpose
This data set derives from the SEA (Soil and Terrain Database Map of East Africa) programme. It was designed to provide potential users of the soil database easy access to data and maps for interpretation and analysis, without any training necessary.
Status
Completed
Author
FAO-UN - AGLL (ex-FAO Land and Water Division) - Freddy Nachtergaele ( Senior Officer Land Resources (Retired) )
Keywords
  • soil types
  • Tag_soil
Keywords
  • soil classification
Keywords
  • soil
Keywords
  • Horn of Africa
Keywords ( Place )
  • Eritrea
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
1000000
Metadata language
eng
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
1997-05-01
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Link to FAO, Land and Water Digital Media Series ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

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Dataset
Description
Last Updated
Date / Time
2002-05-31 19:58:00

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File identifier
ca4628f0-88fd-11da-a88f-000d939bc5d8 XML
Metadata language
eng
Character set
UTF8
Date stamp
2019-11-22T10:38:51
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
FAO-UN - Land and Water Division (CBL) -
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla , Rome , 00153 , Italy
 
 

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