page_title: Soil in Tanqwa Abergele
section_title: Adigrat Sandstone cliff and footslope
hierarchical_section_title: Soil in Tanqwa Abergele / Geomorphic regions and soil units / Adigrat Sandstone cliff and footslope
caption_attribution_description: English: Lithic Leptosol in Agbe Ethiopia
context_page_description: The soils of the Tanqwa Abergele woreda in Tigray reflect its longstanding agricultural history, highly seasonal rainfall regime, relatively high temperatures, overall dominance of Precambrian metamorphic rocks and steep slopes.
context_section_description: Associated soil types
  complex of rock outcrops, very stony and very shallow soils ((Lithic) Leptosol) (1)
  shallow, stony sandy [[loam soils (Eutric Regosol and Cambisol) (21)
  Inclusions
  shallow, dry soils with very high amounts of stones (Leptic and Skeletic Cambisol and Regosol) (4)
  deep, dark cracking clays with good fertility, but problems of waterlogging (Chromic and Pellic Vertisol) (12)
  soils with stagnating water due to an abrupt textural change such as sand over clay (Haplic Planosol]]) (34)
caption: Lithic Leptosol in Agbe
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