Locality
56°27´33" west longitude, 23°38´17" south latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Colonia Río Verde; Departamento San Pedro; East-Paraguay, Südamerika

Historical relevance of location
This soil sample was taken in East-Paraguay in a colony of orthodox mennonites. They came to Paraguay in 1968 from Mexico and colonised for agriculture (mainly soybeans, cotton, and sunflowers). The total deforestation caused great damage by water erosion.

Classification of the earth

Structure	sandy loam
Colour	reddish brown
Age	Carboniferous
other	sensitive to erosion

Donor

Dr. Rainer Hoffmann,
 Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Hannover,
 Germany