Soil and Terrain Database for Central Africa (SOTERCAF)

West

12.20° E

South

13.50° S

East

31.30° E

North

5.40° N

The extent is the one declared by the publisher in the dataset's metadata.

• Burundi
• Central Africa
• DR of the Congo
• Rwanda
• Soil science
• bulk density
• calcium
• carbon
• cation exchange capacity
• electrical conductivity
• nitrogen
• nutrients
• organic matter
• pH
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Author

ISRIC - World Soil Information

Contact

bas.kempen@wur.nl

Publisher

FDRE - Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)

Source catalogue

ISRIC Soil Data

Language

English

Status

Completed

Lineage

1) van Engelen VWP, Verdoodt A, Dijkshoorn JA and Van Ranst E 2006. Soil and Terrain Database of Central Africa (DR of Congo, Burundi and Rwanda). Report 2006/07, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen, https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/fulltext/44393 2) Batjes NH 2007. SOTER-based soil parameter estimates for Central Africa - DR of Congo, Burundi and Rwanda(SOTWIScaf, version 1.0). Report 2007/02, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen, Wageningen, https://isric.org/sites/default/files/isric_report_2007_02.pdf 3) Batjes NH, Al-Adamat R, Bhattacharyya T, Bernoux M, Cerri CEP, Gicheru P, Kamoni P, Milne E, Pal DK and Rawajfih Z 2007. Preparation of consistent soil data sets for SOC modelling purposes: secondary SOTER data sets for four case study areas. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 122: 26-34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2007.01.005 4) FAO, ISRIC and UG 2007. Soil and terrain database for central Africa (Burundi and Rwanda 1:1 million scale; Democratic Republic of the Congo 1:2 million scale). Land and Water Digital Media Series 33, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, ISRIC - World Soil Information and Universiteit Gent, Rome 5) Goyens C, Verdoodt A, Wauw J van de, Baert G, Engelen VWP van, Dijkshoorn JA and Ranst E van 2007. Base de données numériques sur les sols et le terrain (SOTER) de lAfrique Centrale (RD Congo, Rwanda et Burundi). Etude et Gestion des Sols, 14: 207-218, http://www.inra.fr/internet/Hebergement/afes/EGS/ 6) Batjes NH 2008. Mapping soil carbon stocks of Central Africa using SOTER. Geoderma 146, 58-65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.05.006

Coordinate reference system

EPSG:4326

Period covered

1 Jan 1955 to 1 Jul 1992

Published

1 Sep 2006

Last changed at the source

14 Jul 2021

Added to this catalogue

6 Oct 2026

Last updated here

6 Oct 2026