Xeric moisture regime, deep in hilltops and shallow in sloppy mountainous areas. Soil has a reddish brown color with subangular blocky structure. Quercus calliprinos, Pistacia palaestina and Pistacia lentiscus. Pistachio atlantica, Amygdalus korschinskiiand Pistacia palaestina. Haplargids Terriothents moderate to steep hill Shallow depth where concentrated on steep hill slops.
Parent rocks are limestone, dolomite, chalk and flint.
Anabasis articulata, Zygophllum dumosum and Suaeda asphaltica. It is characterized by coarse textured residual dark brown soils. The parent rocks are aeolian sediments, calcareous sandstone and medium to fine textured alluvial deposits.