Soil Landscapes of the Federal Republic of Germany 1:5,000,000

Small-scale soil maps at scales of 1:200,000 to 1:5,000,000 are usually compiled from large- or medium-scale soil maps by summarizing the soil units depicted there. A uniform pedoregional classification is required to ensure a comparable approach across regions. The presented data set at the aggregation level of the soil landscapes covers the 36 most important soil-relevant lithogenetic units in Germany and is based on the map of the soil landscapes at a scale of 1:250,000, version 1.4, which in turn was derived from the BUEK200/BUEK250. For the map scale 1:5,000,000 the units were generalized. More detailed information on the soil regions and soil landscapes of the Federal Republic of Germany can be found in the Soil Mapping Guide (KA5), Chapter 6.5 from page 335.比例尺介于1:200000至1:5000000的小比例尺土壤图，通常通过概括原图中绘制的土壤单元，由大中比例尺土壤图编制而成。为确保不同区域的研究方法具备可比性，需采用统一的土壤区域分类体系。本次发布的数据集以土壤景观为聚合层级，涵盖德国36种与土壤密切相关的重要岩石成因单元；该数据集基于版本1.4的1:250000比例尺土壤景观图，而该图本身源自BUEK200/BUEK250。针对1:5000000比例尺的制图需求，上述单元已进行概化处理。如需了解德意志联邦共和国土壤区域与土壤景观的更多详细信息，可查阅《土壤制图指南（KA5）》第6.5章第335页起的内容。