State of the Environment

Bulgaria                                                          2003

 

Soil

Bulgarian land and soil resources

 

 

Soils groups

Texture

pH /KCL/

Humus %

<10

10-30

30-60

>60

<4

4-4.5

>5.6

<1

1-2.5

2.5-3.5

3.5-5

>5

Vertisols

0.0

1.8

44

55

0

34

66

2

54

39

4.6

0

Chernosems

0.0

7.5

89

3.4

3

69

28

1

64

30

4.5

0

Rendzina

0.0

12.0

74

14

0

13

88

2

45

38

14.7

1

Fluvisols

0.0

37.2

47

12

6

33

61

9

62

22

6.3

1

Haplic Luvisols

0.0

17.6

76

6.2

8

71

20

2

80

16

11.5

0

Chromic Luvisols

1.7

24.3

66

8

12

55

33

13

73

14

0.8

0

Distric Cambisols

29.7

58.8

12

0

40

47

14

40

41

13

6.1

0

means

1

17.8

71

10

4

41

56

3

53

37

6.2

0

 

 

 

 

Last update on March 2003