3. Map of the soils

The soils of the Czech Republic comprises rich, black Chernozems and good-quality luvic Cambisols in the drier and  lower areas, Podzols in wetter regions and stony Leptosols at higher elevations. Fluvisols occur in the river basins and heavy Umbrisols are found in the mountains.


Fig. 1. Map of soil types.


Further reading:

Detailed soil maps of the Europe are presented here.

Detailed soil map of the Czech Republic is here or here (p. 134-135, p. 136 - description of soil types).