Geospatial dataFDRE - Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)

Soil and Terrain Database (SOTER) for Cuba

Published 1 Oct 2008
Updated 12 Nov 2025
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About this dataset

The Soil and Terrain database for Cuba primary data (version 1.0), at scale 1:1 million (SOTER_Cuba), was compiled of enhanced soil informtion within the framework of the FAO's program Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA). Primary soil and terrain data for Cuba were obtained from the SOTERLAC database (ver. 2) at scale 1:5 million. This update includes changes in the GIS file, based on the SRTM-DEM derived surface information and supplementary attributes data changes of the pedon database. SOTER forms a part of the ongoing activities of ISRIC, FAO and UNEP to update the world's baseline information on natural resources.The project involved collaboration with national soil institutes from the countries in the region as well as individual experts.

Data and resources

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Geographic coverage

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West: 85.00° W
South: 19.80° N
East: 74.10° W
North: 23.20° N

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

Keywords

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Details

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: Dijkshoorn JA, van Engelen VWP and Huting JRM 2008. Soil and landform properties for LADA partner countries (Argentina, China, Cuba, Senegal and The Gambia, South Africa and Tunisia). ISRIC report 2008/06 and GLADA report 2008/03, ISRIC – World Soil Information and FAO, Wageningen, https://isric.org/sites/default/files/isric_report_2008_06.pdf
Coordinate reference system: EPSG:4326
Period covered: 1 Jun 1976 to 1 Feb 1992
Published: 1 Oct 2008
Last changed at the source: 12 Nov 2025
Added to this catalogue: 6 Oct 2026
Last updated here: 6 Oct 2026