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Soil and Terrain Database Soil for China primary data (version 1.0) - scale 1:1 million (SOTER_China)
Entry ID: ISRIC_SOTER_China_primary

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Summary
Abstract: The Soil and Terrain database for China primary data (version 1.0), at scale 1:1 million (SOTER_China), was compiled of enhanced soil information within the framework of the FAO's program of Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA). The primary database was compiled using the SOTER methodology. The SOTER unit delineation was based on a raster format of the soil map of China, correlated and ... View entire text
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Caption:  Example of SOTER view for dominant soils of China
 
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 54.0   S: 18.0   E: 135.0   W: 74.0
Min Altitude: -154 (TURPAN PENDI) Max Altitude: 8850 (MT. EVEREST)

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Koos Dijkshoorn, Jan Huting
Dataset Title: Soil and Terrain database for China (ver. 1.0)
Dataset Series Name: SOTER_China (version1.0)
Dataset Release Date: 2009
Dataset Release Place: Wageningen, Netherlands
Dataset Publisher: ISRIC - World Soil Information
Version: 1.0
Data Presentation Form: ArcMap9.x, ArcView3.x and MS Access database
Online Resource: http://www.isric.nl/isric/CheckRegistration.aspx?dataset=57
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Science Keywords
AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CALCIUM Parameter Definition
AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CARBON Parameter Definition
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Originating Center
UNEP-GRID
Data Center
African Elephant Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN -The World Conservation Union Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.iucn.org/

Data Center Personnel
Name: AFRICAN ELEPHANT DATABASE MANAGER
Phone: 254 20 576 461
Fax: +254 20 570 385
Email: afesg at ssc.iucn.org
Contact Address:
IUCN/SSC/African Elephant Specialist Group
PO Box 68200
City: Nairobi
Country: Kenya
Personnel
WILLY SIMONS
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: +254 2 624190
Fax: +254 2 624315
Email: simonsw at unep.org
Contact Address:
c/o UNEP-GRID
Nairobi
Country: KENYA
Publications/References
Blanc, J.J., Thouless, C.R., Hart, J.A., Dublin, H.T.,
Douglas-Hamilton, I., Craig, C.G., and Barnes, R.F.W. (2003). African
Elephant Status Report 2002: An update from the Elephant Database,
IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland
and Cambridge, UK. vi + 304 pp.
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-04-30

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