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5. Torripsamment landscape
Owyhee Co., Idaho

This landscape in southern Idaho only receives ~8" (200 mm) of annual precipitation. Soils are generally sandy and very susceptible to wind erosion. An active sand dune can be seen in the background.

Soils in the foreground exhibit little to no development and support only sparse vegetation. They can be used for irrigated crop production and some livestock grazing; however, careful water and fertilizer management is required. The highly permeable nature of these soils makes ground water contamination a concern and the native vegetation can be severely impacted by overgrazing.
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  Examples:
1. Udifluvent landscape
east-central Louisiana
2. Typic Udifluvent SW Wisconsin
3. Xerorthent landscape
northern Idaho
4. Lithic Xerorthent
northern Idaho
5. Torripsamment landscape
southern Idaho
6. Xeric Torripsamment
southern Idaho
7. Udipsamment landscape
northern Michigan
8. Typic Udipsamment
northern Michigan
9. Torriorthent landscape
southern Idaho
10. Typic Torriorthent
southern Idaho
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University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2339.