Kanya Series
This series consists of one soil type:
Kanya Loam (KAL)
Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil (A1 horizon)
- 5-10 cm thick.
- Reddish brown to red-brown.
- Loam to silt loam.
- Apedal, massive.
- Light to moderate amounts of quartz fragments.
Sub-Surface Soil (A2 horizon)
- 10-20 cm thick.
- Dominantly brown to yellowish brown, mottled.
- Sporadically bleached light grey to almost white.
- Loam to sandy clay loam.
- Apedal, massive.
- Trace to slight amounts of quartz fragments.
Subsoil
- Mottled brown to red-brown.
- Clay loam to silty clay loam, increasing gradually with depth to sandy clay at about 60 cm.
- Apedal, massive, earth fabric.
- Trace to slight amounts of quartz fragments.
- Quartz floaters at about 50 cm.
- Moderate to heavy amounts of weathered shale and/or sandstone fragments at about 70 cm.
Analytical Data for Selected Depths Down the Profile:
Depth | pH | Total Soluble Salts | Sodium Chloride | Moisture Retention @ 15-Bar | Moisture Retention @ 1/3-Bar |
| . | . | % | % | % | % |
A | 5.5 | 0.115 | 0.085 | 8.9 | 22.2 |
B | 7.1 | 0.048 | * | 14.4 | 23.6 |
C | 8.0 | 0.059 | 0.037 | 12.2 | 23.6 |
* Sodium chloride contents were not measured and are expected to be very low (based on TSS < 0.05%).
Occurrence:
Kanya loam occurs mainly on the upper slopes and crests in the hilly areas.
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