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San Germán Soil

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[A profile of a San Germán soil.]

The San Germán series consists of shallow, well drained, very slowly permeable soils that formed in material weathered from limestone bedrock from the Cretaceous Period. These soils are on hills. Slopes range from 5 to 60 percent.

Taxonomic class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, superactive, isohyperthermic Lithic Haplustolls

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