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Red Bay Soil

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[A profile of a Red Bay soil.]The Red Bay series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils that formed in thick beds of unconsolidated, loamy marine sediments on uplands of the Coastal Plain. Slopes range from 0 to 15 percent. Near the type location, the average annual air temperature is about 65 degrees F and the average annual precipitation is about 53 inches.

Taxonomic class: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Rhodic Kandiudults           

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