Soil Landscapes of the Federal Republic of Germany 1:5,000,000

Small-scale soil maps at scales of 1:200,000 to 1:5,000,000 are usually compiled from large- or medium-scale soil maps by summarizing the soil units depicted there. A uniform pedoregional classification is required to ensure a comparable approach across regions. The presented data set at the aggregation level of the soil landscapes covers the 36 most important soil-relevant lithogenetic units in Germany and is based on the map of the soil landscapes at a scale of 1:250,000, version 1.4, which in turn was derived from the BUEK200/BUEK250. For the map scale 1:5,000,000 the units were generalized. More detailed information on the soil regions and soil landscapes of the Federal Republic of Germany can be found in the Soil Mapping Guide (KA5), Chapter 6.5 from page 335.