Types of Soil in Palawan
Listed below are the different types of soil in Palawan with their corresponding land capability, dominant features, limitations, recommended land use and extent:
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Types of Soil in Palawan.
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Listed below are the different types of soil in Palawan with their corresponding land capability, dominant features, limitations, recommended land use and extent:
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Soil Type
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Land Capability
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Dominant Feature
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Limitations and Hazards
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Recommended Land Use
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Extent
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Hectares
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Percent
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| San Miguel loam, clay loam Quingua clay loam |
Very good land (Lands suitable for cultivation) | Level to nearly level;well drained; medium texture, deep to very deep soils | None to very slight | Diversified uplandfield crops | 35,450 | 2.38 |
| Brooke's clay clay loam Aborlan loam Busuanga loam Bay clay loam Babuyan clay, silty clay loam |
Good land (Lands suitable forcultivation) | Level to nearly level; somewhat poorly drained; fine subsoil, deep soil | Slight wetness;subject to accasionalslight overflow | Paddy rice; may beused for uplandcrops with simple drainage system | 82,900 | 5.57 |
| Beach sand | Fairly good land(Lands suitable forlimited cultivation | Nearly level to gently sloping; excessively drained; moderatelydeep soils | Severe droughtiness;low fertility, severe salinity problem | Pasture (forageproduction) or limited upland cropping withsufficient irrigationwater to correct salinity | 14,500 | 0.97 |
| Coron clay loam Sibul clay Tapul clay loam Faraon sandy clay Bolinao clay Malaglag clay Guimbalaon clay Tagbures clay loam |
Lands limited to pastureor forest | Steep; well drained;shallow soils | Very severe erosion if cultivated | Pasture (grazing) or tree farm or forest | 433,550 | 29.1 |
| Hydrosol | Lands limited towildlife | Very poorly drained; marshy or swampy | Very severe wetness | Fishpond, salt bedsite or recreation | 39,000 | 2.62 |
| Rough mountain land Unsurveyed area |
Lands limited towildlife | Very steep and rugged;barren, very shallow orno soil; stony or rocky | Extreme erosion | Forest for game refugeand bird sanctuaries; site or parks | 884226 | 59.36 |
Source: Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils and Water Management.