Histosols

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Histosols

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Details

Format: WMS
Kind of access: Map service (WMS)
Protocol: OGC:WMS
Address: https://maps.isric.org/mapserv?map=/map/wrb.map
Added to this catalogue: 6 Oct 2026
Last updated here: 6 Oct 2026
Resource identifier: 875ed4bc-e679-4e37-9d4a-8d5c1e1e27a6

At a glance

Format: WMS
Access: Map service (WMS)
Kept at: maps.isric.org
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Part of the dataset

SoilGrids250m 2.0 - WRB classes and probabilites

FDRE - Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)

WRB classes and probabilites. Predictions were derived using a digital soil mapping approach based on Random Forest, drawing on a global compilation of soil profile data and environmental layers. To visualize these layers please use www.soilgrids.org. Legend: 0 = Acrisols 1 = Albeluvisols 2 = Alisols 3 = Andosols 4 = Arenosols 5 = Calcisols 6 = Cambisols 7 = Chernozems 8 = Cryosols 9 = Durisols 10 = Ferralsols 11 = Fluvisols 12 = Gleysols 13 = Gypsisols 14 = Histosols 15 = Kastanozems 16 = Leptosols 17 = Lixisols 18 = Luvisols 19 = Nitisols 20 = Phaeozems 21 = Planosols 22 = Plinthosols 23 = Podzols 24 = Regosols 25 = Solonchaks 26 = Solonetz 27 = Stagnosols 28 = Umbrisols 29 = Vertisols