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Altavista Soil

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[A profile of an Altavista soil.]MLRA(s): 133A, 136, 137, 153A
MLRA Office Responsible: Raleigh, North Carolina
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class: Moderately well drained
Permeability: Moderate
Surface Runoff: Slow
Parent Material: Loamy marine and fluvial sediments
Slope: 0 to 10 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 61 degrees F
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 48 inches

Taxonomic class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults

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