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agricultura y la ganadería. En forma general los suelos del Perú se han clasificado
Peru is a poor country with good soils, despite its great extension. Of the
agriculture and livestock. In general, the soils of Peru have been classified into
Los suelos buenos están en los escasos valles costeros. En los valles irrigados
aluviales secos en los cauces secos (fluvisoles secos). En los cerros y colinas
predominan los suelos rocosos (litosoles). En la Costa norte (Piura y Tumbes) los
1. Yermosolic region: On the desert coast, which covers some 10,000,000 ha.
The good soils are in the few coastal valleys. High quality alluvial soils (fluvisols)
soils (solonchaks), and dry alluvial soils predominate in dry riverbeds (dry
fluvisols). Rocky soils (lithosols) predominate in the hills and hills. In the North
Coast (Piura and Tumbes) the soils are clayey and alkaline (vertisols). On the
(litosoles). En las partes bajas hay arenosos (regosoles) y áridos con calcio
(yermosoles cálcicos). En las partes medias los hay con arcilla y cal (yermosoles
2. Lithosolic region: On the arid western slopes of the Andes, where the
the lower parts there are sandy (regosols) and arid with calcium (calcium
yermosols). In the middle parts there are them with clay and lime (luvic yermosols);
with a dark layer and lime (xerosols), and brown soils (kastanozems).
msnm, donde existen buenos suelos, pero el uso agrícola está limitado por el frío.
above sea level, where there are good soils, but agricultural use is limited by the
cold. Soils rich in organic and acidic matter (paramosols) predominate, and there
are rocky soils (lithosols), calcareous (redzinas), deep clayey (chernozems), and
(andosoles).
meters above sea level and in the upper part of the high jungle. Calcareous soils of
and deep and fine (phaeozems) predominate. In the south, soils of lacustrine origin
(planesols), sometimes with poor drainage (gleisols), and soils of volcanic origin
(andosols) predominate.
pendiente es extrema y los suelos son pobres y erosionables por las altas
frecuencia,
5. Litho-cambisolic region: In the high jungle between 2,200 and 3,000 meters
above sea level. The slope is extreme and the soils are poor and erodible due to
high rainfall. Surface soils (lithosols) and incipient or young formation (cambisols)
6. Región acrisólica: En las partes medias e inferiores de la selva alta entre 500 y
2,800 msnm. Comprende algunos valles con buenos suelos. Predominan suelos
muy profundos (nitosoles). Hacia la selva baja aparecen suelos arcillosos ácidos y
con fierro (acrisoles plínticos). En las pendientes los suelos son rocosos (litosoles).
En los fondos de los valles los suelos son aluviales (fluvisoles), a veces con mal
6. Acrisolic region: In the middle and lower parts of the high jungle between 500
and 2,800 meters above sea level. It includes some valleys with good soils. Deep,
yellow and reddish soils with good drainage (acrisols) and very deep clayey soils
(nitosols) predominate. Towards the lower jungle, acid and iron clay soils appear
(plinthic acrisols). On the slopes the soils are rocky (lithosols). At the bottom of the
valleys the soils are alluvial (fluvisols), sometimes with poor drainage (gleisols),