Parent soil polygons

Name: Parent soil polygons
Creator: USAID Nepal Seed & Fertilizer (NSAF) project, implemented by CIMMYT
Published: 2024-12-01
License: https://badebikesh.com.np/license

Soil classification
parent material
soil classification
Nepal

Overview

Vector polygons describing the parent material and dominant soil type of every mapping unit in the national soil survey. Used to tag any point lookup with the underlying soil group.

Access

Shapefile application/x-shapefile
REST API application/json

Providers

Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) publisher, National Soil Science Research Center (NSSRC)
USAID Nepal Seed & Fertilizer (NSAF) project, implemented by CIMMYT producer

License

Government of Nepal (open for non-commercial research)

Citation

Please cite the dataset as follows when using it in publications or derivative work.

Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) (2024). "Parent soil polygons" [Shapefile]. https://soil.narc.gov.np/datasets/soil-parent-100k/. USAID Nepal Seed & Fertilizer (NSAF) project, implemented by CIMMYT.