South Vietnam Soil Types

This map was created by digitizing a soil survey map drawn by F.R. Moormann and published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Vietnam, in 1961. The Moormann mapping was carried out under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This digitized map permits users to identify soil types by specific longitude and latitude and the data are incorporated into the Stellman Vietnam GIS.

What you can do on this page:

  • Enter a latitude/longitude pair to see information about the soil type at that location
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Color Description Color Description
Undifferentiated alluvial soils
 Saline alluvial soils
 Acid alluvial soils (acid sulphate soils)
 Very acid alluvial soils (strongly acid sulphate soils)
 Brown alluvial soils of the river levees
 Regosols on white and yellow dune sand
 Regosols on old red sand
 Shallow regurs and latosols
 Non-calcic brown soils on acid rocks; undulating to rolling topography
 Non-calcic brown soils on old alluvial sediments; plane to undulating topography
 Sandy podzolic soils on acid rocks; plane to rolling topography
 Red and yellow podzolic soils on acid rocks; plane to rolling topography
 Red and yellow podzolic soils on old alluvial sediments; plane to undulating topography
 Gray podzolic soils on old alluvial sediments; plane to undulating topography
 Low humic gley soils on old alluvial sediments; plane topography
 Podzolic soils and regurs on old alluvial sediments; plane to undulating topography
 Complex of podzolic soils on old alluvial sediments and alluvial soils; plane to undulating topography
 Complex of mountainous soils
 Reddish brown latosols on basalt; plane to rolling topography
 Red and yellow latosols on basalt; undulating to rolling topography
 Earthy red latosols on basalt; undulating to rolling topography
 Shallow latosols on basalt; plane to undulating topography
 Reddish brown latosols and red latosols on basalt; rolling topography
 Reddish brown latosols and compact brown latosols on basalt; plane to rolling topography
 Peat and muck soils