HOST Classification

HOST Class 8

Geology:

alluvial deposits.

Landforms:

alluvial areas in close proximity to rivers.

Soils:

immature free and imperfectly drained, loamy textured alluvial soils (wetness class I-Ill).

Vegetation:

often intensively cultivated.

Flow:

these soils are underlain by a fluctuating groundwater table generally within two metres, by-pass flow common.

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