Silt content

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

Soil texture
silt
soil texture
Nepal

Overview

Silt fraction completes the sand–silt–clay texture triangle. Silt improves water-holding capacity over sandy soils but compacts more easily than clay-dominated soils. This dataset is the 100 m raster for Nepal.

Access

GeoTIFF application/zip
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). "Silt content" [GeoTIFF]. https://soil.narc.gov.np/datasets/soil-silt-100m/. USAID Nepal Seed & Fertilizer (NSAF) project, implemented by CIMMYT.