Soil map for the Upper Plains and Downs of Canterbury
Creator
Landcare Research NZ Ltd.
Publisher
Landcare Research NZ Ltd.
Date
1967-01-01
Date
2010-01-01
Description
This database describes the soils of the pastoral and cropping land of Canterbury, from the Kowhai River in the north to the Rangitata River south, but not including Banks Peninsula. The original survey was mapped at a reconnaissance soil survey at 2 miles to the inch. These original soil boundaries have been very substantially revised and recompiled onto 1:50,000 scale topographic base by T.H. Webb in the 1990s and again in the 2000s.
Source
The original survey was mapped at a reconnaissance soil survey at 2 miles to the inch on the base map available in the 1960s. These original soil boundaries have been very substantially revised and recompiled onto 1:50,000 scale topographic base by T.H. Webb in the 1990s and again in the 2000s. The soil boundaries in this dataset represent the complete accumulation of soils knowledge for this area acquired over a period of over 80 years of large and small scale mapping exercises carried out for a wide range of purposes.
