INSPIRE Geoportal
Soil types
In Malta the spatial pattern of soil types is very intricate, both semi-natural and agricultural areas and different soil types often occur within a single field or within a distance of few meters. In the national soil inventory of the Maltese Islands (MALSIS) established in 2014, soils were described according to the criteria of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources. Seven major soil reference groups were identified: Leptosols, Vertisols, Calcisols, Luvisols, Cambisols, Regosols and Arenosols. Soils were also classified into Soil Landscape Units, which consist of soil containing a range of soil types which are likely to have similar management characteristics. The soil landscapes are divided into semi-natural landscapes with a low human impact and man-made landscapes where human influence is demonstrated by the extensive terracing of slopes, creation of ‘made ground’ or intensive cultivation. Key to abbreviations of the soil landscape types: BCs – Blue Clay slopes; BCTm – Blue Clay moderate terraces; BCTs – Blue Clay steep terraces; BCsp – Blue Clay spring; BS – Blown sand; BST – Blown sand terraces; Clf – Cliffs; CTm – Coralline moderate terraces; CTs – Coralline steep terraces; CTv - Coralline shallow terraces; Ga – Garrigue; GTm – Globigerina moderate terraces; GTs - Globigerina steep terraces; GTv - Globigerina shallow terraces; M – Marsh; U – Urban; VF – Valley fill; W – Woodland.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2023-05-26
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-08-13
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-05-26
- Citation identifier
- haleconnect.com/d458caac-c19d-465c-af21-ebd385b974ef
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change
Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change
Point of contact
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Soil
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- Other restrictions
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- Other restrictions
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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When this data is used reference MALSIS, 2004 (A Soil Information for the Maltese Islands)
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Language
- English
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- Environment
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- Unique resource identifier
- ETRS89
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Name Version onLine
1.0
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://haleconnect.com/ows/services/org.1261.00e5a2fd-511a-44f2-ab70-698be06c9d94_wfs?SERVICE=WFS&Request=GetCapabilities
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Protocol Linkage Name https://haleconnect.com/ows/services/org.1261.00e5a2fd-511a-44f2-ab70-698be06c9d94_wms?SERVICE=WMS&Request=GetCapabilities
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- Dataset
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dataset
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- INSPIRE Data Specification on Soil - Technical Guidelines
Conformance result
- Title
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INSPIRE Data Specification on Soil - Technical Guidelines
- Date (Publication)
- 2013-12-10
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See the referenced specification
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- Yes
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Conformance result
- Statement
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Data is provided by the national soil inventory of the Maltese Islands (MALSIS), soils were described according to the criteria of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources
Metadata
- File identifier
- 47ac68df-a394-4321-a9cf-9f73eebeb035 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
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Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-08-13
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ISO 19115
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2003
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change
Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Changed
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