Author: Paul W. Blackburn
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-10-02
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 3030531570
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book discusses Nevada in the context of the history of soil investigations; soil-forming factors; general soil regions; soil geomorphology; taxonomic structure of the soils; taxonomic soil regions; soil-forming processes; benchmark, endemic, rare, and endangered soils; and use of soils. With an average mean annual precipitation of 175 mm (7 in), Nevada is the driest state in the USA. More than three-quarters (89%) of the state has been mapped and the first soil survey was completed in 1909. Nevada is divided into 10 major land-resource areas and features two large deserts (the Great Basin Desert and the Mojave Desert), and over 100 north–south trending enclosed basins separated by mountain ranges (Basin and Range Province), several of which have peaks exceeding 3,400 m. Further, the soils of Nevada represent seven of the 12 globally recognized orders, 29 suborders, 69 great groups, and over 1,800 soil series, and some of the classic research on the origin of duripans and petrocalcic horizons was conducted in the state. This book presents the first report on the soils of Nevada and provides the first soil map of Nevada utilizing soil.
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 1428901744
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Edward W. Blake
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 1236
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The survey area is made up of 2,285,841 acres. It is in the west-central part of Nevada. The survey area is bordered on the north by Churchill County, on the east by Nye County, on the south by Esmeralda County, and on the west by Lyon County. Mono County, California, borders the survey area on the southwest. The survey area consists of numerous mountain ranges and valleys. Elevations range from 3,900 feet on the lower valley floors to over 10,500 feet on the highest mountain peaks"--Page 1.