Advanced Information

These resources are for the more advanced user, providing the details to go beyond learning about soils to being able to work with them and learn the more sophisticated and practical aspects of the soils of arid regions.

• Keys to Soil Taxonomy by Soil Survey Staff of U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
• Soil Taxonomy: a basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys, 2nd edition, 1999, by Soil Survey Division of U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
• National Soil Survey Handbook by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
• Soil Taxonomy - The Twelve Soil Orders by Prof. Paul McDaniel of the Soils Science Division of the University of Idaho. Provides brief descriptions and images of soil profiles and landscapes.
• Soils Photo Gallery by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Soil Survey Center
• Soil Maps on the Web
• Classification, Properties, and Management of Aridisols
  The translation of a slide and tape presentation to the web.
  • Hebrew version - (Notes About the Hebrew on this Website)
• Aridic Soils from Orders other than Aridisols
• Israeli Soils
  • Slides of Israeli Soils - from the aridic part of the country
    • Hebrew Version - (Notes About the Hebrew on this Website)
  • Soil Map of Israel
  • Correlation List for the Soils of Israel - Gives the USDA and FAO classifications that correspond to the Israeli soils types used here
• Soil Surveys and Soil Maps of the U.S. - access to bibliographic information about published surveys and maps
  • Access by Image Maps
  • Access by Text indexes