General Soil Map of Bangladesh - Tourism Directory of Bangladesh

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General Soil Map Bangladesh

General soil type	Area (ha)	(%)
Floodplain soils	9,718,722	78.96
Calcareous Alluvium	591,796	4.81
Non-calcareous Alluvium	562,242	4.57
Calcareous Brown Floodplain soils	478,518	3.89
Calcareous Grey Floodplain soils	170,767	1.39
Calcareous Dark Grey Floodplain soils	1,434,678	11.66
Non CalcareousGrey Floodplain soils	3,387,153	27.52
Non Calcareous Brown Floodplain soils	383,312	3.11
Non Calcareous Dark Grey Floodplain soils	1,599,645	13.00
Black Terai soils	83,408	0.68
Acid Basin clays	348,994	2.84
Acid Sulphate soils	226,647	1.84
Peat	130,005	1.06
Grey Piedmont Soils	215,279	1.75
Made-land	106,278	0.86
Hill soils (Brown Hill Soils)	1,561,472	12.69
Terrace soils	1,028,030	8.35
Shallow Red-Brown Terrace soils	72,549	0.59
Deep Red-Brown Terrace soils	189,380	1.54
Brown Mottled Terrace soils	34,235	0.28
Shallow Grey Terrace soils	265,427	2.16
Deep Grey Terrace soils	352,152	2.86
Grey Valley soils	114,287	0.93
Total soil area	12,308,224	100.00
Source FAO/UNDP, 1988