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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > natural resource management > land management > land classification > land capability classification > land capability subclass
Preferred Term:

land capability subclass

Definition:
The second category in the system. Class codes e (erosion problems), w (wetness problems), s (root zone limitations), and c (climatic limitations) are used for land capability subclasses.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
land capability classification
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • soil capability subclass
  • capability subclass
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/333658
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RDF/XMLCreated 2019-09-06, last modified 2019-11-25