9.3
Conclusions
The Lake Erie Coastal Zone can be divided into four natural
resource segments. Epiaqualfs are the dominant soil great
group in the Lake Erie CZ, followed by Epiaquepts,
Hapludalfs, and Endoaquepts and Udipsamments. These
soils occur on lacustrine deposits with a variety of textural
classes and clay loam till. The soils are urbanized in parts,
but otherwise are used almost entirely for agriculture.
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Fig. 9.7 Parent materials of segment 3, the north shore of Lake Erie. Source Soils of the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk (Presant
and Acton 1984)
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