Geography of soils. 3rd edition

The textbook discusses the factors and general patterns of the geographical spread of soils, the principles of soil-geographical zoning. The characteristic of the soil cover of Russia of the II of neighboring states is given, the conditions of soil formation, the genetic features of the most common soils, the regional features of the structure of the soil cover and the specifics of the economic use of soils are given. The history of the compilation of world soil maps is presented, a brief overview of the soil cover of soil-bioclimatic zones and areas of the world is given. The land resources of Russia and the world, the ways of rational use and protection of the soil cover are analyzed.
For students of soil, biological, soil and geographical faculties of universities, natural and geographical faculties of pedagogical universities, faculties of agrochemistry and soils of agricultural universities