Fig. 15.1 Semiarid Soils and associated landscape. Left: landscape
near Alexandra where wild flood irrigation provides some green pasture
growth. Centre: Typic Immature Semiarid Soil on an intermediate
terrace (Molyneux shallow stony sandy loam). White calcium
carbonate is visible at the base of the B horizon. Right: Aged-argillic
Semiarid Soil on a high terrace (Lowburn stony sandy loam). (Soil
profile photos reproduced with permission of NZ Society of Soil
Science.)
Fig. 15.2 Distribution of
Semiarid Soils
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15 Semiarid Soils