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3. Basic Soil Monitoring and Evaluation
Discussion – Soil Orders of New Mexico and Colorado
What do you notice about this strange looking map? What are some general patterns or trends you
observe in the locations of the different colors (which depict different soil orders)? Think about the
five soil-forming factors (climate, time, topography, bedrock, and organisms) in the context of what
you know about the areas on this map
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Entisols
Inceptisols
Aridisols
Mollisols
Alfisols
Rock Outcrop
Water
Adapted from: Dominant Soil Orders. 1998. USDA NRCS, Lincoln, Nebraska