Mississippi 12 Soil region

Terms in this set (12)

Tennessee- Tombigbee Hills Region
located in the upper Northeast Region of Mississippi, this area has a sea level elevation of about 650 feet, with sandy loamvand reddish orange soil
Tombigbee Prairie Region
is a strip of highly fertile soil with an averaged two hundered to three hundred feet above sea level
Pontotoc Ridge Region
the ridge is approximately six hundred feet above sea level with red clay andsandy loam
Flatwoods Region
known as the least productive soil regions because of the non-fertile gray soil
North Central Hills Region
this region has a variety of soil types such as sand, clay, and loams varying from a dark red to light orange; an elevation from four hundred tovsix hundred feet
Jackson Prairie Region
with fertile and abundant quantities of limestone and the clayvfromvwhich cement is produced
Piney Woods Region
also known as the Longleaf Pine Belt is a uncut longleaf pine forest; loamy soil in the river bottoms makes profitable agriculture possible
Coastal Meadow Region
is generally flat with yellow-grat soil is mostly sandy and nit highly fertile
Brown Loan Region
highly fertile soil belt; which west of the North Central Hills and the Piney Woods, but extending from Tennessee in te North to Louisiana
Loess Bluffs Region
they arer approximately five to fifteen miles wide; wereformed by prehistoric dust stroms
Delta-Yazoo Basin Region
the mostfertilesoit in the world; also known as MS Delta
River Lowlands Region
highly fertile soil region; composed largely of silt and loom
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