MySoil: Coloured deep sands (Swan Coastal Plain)

Brown, yellow and red sands >80 centimetres (cm) deep.

Broad scale map (1:250 000) of the Swan coastal plain Agzone showing the distribution of coloured sands. The high distribution of 50–100% is shown along the coastline from Lancelin to Margaret River.
A stylised diagram of the soil profile showing the topsoil and subsoil layers for yellow deep sand. The soil profile is yellow sands greater than 80cm deep.
Soil pit showing the profile of yellow deep sand in the Swan coastal plain region.

Further information

Soils [1]

Links
[1] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/climate-land-water/soils

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