Natural Resources Conservation Service: Soils
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/soils.html

Natural Resources Conservation Service; Attn: Conservation Communications Staff


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This Natural Resources Conservation Service soil site provides maps of the US that show the different soil orders that are present. Users can also follow links to other soil resources such as soil order maps, soil surveys the NRCS soil information survey and soil quality institute.

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Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Biology
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Topics: Earth surface, Biosphere