page_title: Soil in Dogu'a Tembien
section_title: Giba wide valley bottom
hierarchical_section_title: Soil in Dogu'a Tembien / Geomorphic regions and soil units / Giba wide valley bottom
caption_attribution_description: English: Giba dam under construction
context_page_description: The soils of the Dogu’a Tembien woreda in Tigray reflect its longstanding agricultural history, highly seasonal rainfall regime, relatively low temperatures, an extremely great variety in lithology and steep slopes. Outstanding features in the soilscape are the fertile highland Vertisols and Phaeozems in forests.
context_section_description: This land system occurs where the Giba valley widens; it occurs only at the lower places of tabia Emni Ankelalu and will be flooded once the Lake Giba reservoir will be filled.
  Associated soil types
  complex of rock outcrops, very stony and very shallow soils ((Lithic) Leptosol) (1)
  shallow, stony, dark, loamy soils on calcaric material (Rendzic Leptosol) (3)
  shallow, very stony, silt loamy to loamy soils (Skeletic Cambisol, Leptic Cambisol, Skeletic Regosol) (4)
  Inclusions
  moderately deep dark stony clays with good natural fertility (Vertic Cambisol) (10)
  Brown, silty loams to loamy sands developed on alluvium, with good natural fertility ((Mollic) Fluvisol, Fluvic Cambisol (29)
caption: The Giba wide valley bottom
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