Table 1.

List of the newly assigned soil groups (NSG)

NSG	Soil types	Parent material	Explanation
1	Regosols, Arenosols, Podzols	Dystrophic sand deposits	Indifferent
2	Fluvisols, Gleysols, Podzols	Sandy to loamy deposits	Soils in broad river valleys, including terraces and lowlands
3	Fluvisols, Gleysols, Luvisols	Loamy to clayey partly calcareous deposits	Soils in broad river valleys, including terraces and lowlands
4	Cambisols, Luvisols, Regosols, Podzoluvisols	Boulder clay and till	Soils in undulating lowlands and hilly areas
5	Gleysols, Arenosols, Regosols, Cambisols	Sandy deposits overlaying boulder clay	Soils in undulating lowlands and hilly areas
6	Cambisols, Arenosols	Eutrophic sand deposits	Indifferent
7	Luvisols, Podzoluvisols, Cambisols	Sandy loess to loessic loam partly overlying various rocks	Soils in loess areas of the lowlands and hilly areas
8	Leptosols, Cambisols	Slope deposits over limestone, marlstone and dolomite	Shallow soils derived from limestone weathering
9	Cambisols, Luvisols	Redeposited material derived from limestone, marlstone, and dolomite	Deep soils derived from limestone weathering
10	Cambisols, Gleysols	Marlstone and claystone or calcareous gravels	Weathered marlstone and claystone
11	Cambisols	Basic and intermediate igneous rocks	Soils from solid rocks of mountains and hills
12	Cambisols, Gleysols	Igneous and metamorphic rocks	Soils from solid rocks of mountains and hills
13	Cambisols, Podsols	Hard argillaceous and silty slates with greywacke, sandstone, quartzite, and phyllite	Soils from solid rocks of mountains and hills
14	Cambisols, Podsols, Gleysols	Sandstones, quartzite, and conglomerates	Loss bearing sediments overlying various rocks
15	Leptosols, Cambisols, Luvisols, Gleysols	Frequently alternating soils from slate, greywacke, limestone, marlstone, sandstone, siltstone	Loss bearing sediments mixed with various rocks
16	Leptosols, Cambisols	Limestone, dolomite, and noncalcareous silicate rocks	Alpine soils