HOST Classification

HOST class 16

Geology:

water modified glacial till underlain by the slowly permeable fine-textured till at depths greater than one metre. water modified tills have had fine particles of clay and silt removed from their upper layers by water from melting glaciers.

Landforms:

gently to strongly undulating lowlands (and occasionally footslopes), for example, the Howe of the Mearns and Vale of Strathmore.

Soils:

freely drained brown earths and humus-iron podzols (wetness class I).

Vegetation:

intensively cultivated but long ley pastures and dairying are common in the wetter west.

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