Type B
This soil, like Type A, occurs over small areas on the higher parts the plain. It has the same reddish coloured clay in the subsoil, but it is distinguished from Type A by a distinct lightening of texture in the deep subsoil i.e. by the presence of a clay loam or a lighter texture. It is externally well drained and has fair internal drainage.
Typical Profile
| Surface |  | |
| A1 | 0-15 cm | Dark greyish brown fine sandy loam; separated by a clear boundary from: |
| A2 | 15-35 cm | Dull brown to yellowish brown fine sandy loam or loamy fine sand; 10 to 25 cm thick; sharply separated from: |
| Subsoil | | |
| B21 | 67-120 cm | Variously mottled, with red-brown, yellow, grey and yellow-grey the main colours, and varying from clay-loam to loamy fine sand, often becoming lighter with depth; occasionally contains a trace of calcium carbonate. |
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