GEOG 488 — Soil Survey
Geography and Resource Development · University of Ghana
Knowledge of soil survey is relevant to agricultural development. The course therefore focuses on methods of examining, describing and mapping different types of soils. The purpose is to enable the student have basic knowledge and understanding of the characteristics, distribution and agronomic values of various soils. The course covers major types of soil survey methods in Ghana. The outline includes soil survey and types of soil survey, preparation for field work, field work (methods), plotting and assembling of field data, examination and determination of soils in the field, Identification and nomenclature of soil horizons, Soil texture, soil colour, soil consistency, soil reaction organic matter, etc.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- GEOG 322 — Introduction to Resource Analysis
- GEOG 324 — Regional Geography of West Africa, with Special Reference to Ghana
- GEOG 326 — Research Methods
- GEOG 328 — Geography of Gender and Development in Africa
- GEOG 342 — Climatology
- GEOG 344 — Geographic Information Systems
- GEOG 450 — Long Essay
- GEOG 451 — Regional Development
- GEOG 452 — Techniques of Regional Science
- GEOG 453 — Geography of the Developing World
- GEOG 454 — Spatial Organisation
- GEOG 455 — Rural Resources Development: Theories and Policies
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).