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La Covana Soil

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[A profile of a La Covana soil.]The La Covana series consists of shallow, well drained, very slowly permeable soils that formed in material that weathered from limestone bedrock. These soils are on hills. Slopes range from 12 to 40 percent.

Taxonomic class: Clayey-skeletal, carbonatic, isohyperthermic Calcic Lithic Petrocalcids

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