Locality
4°25´ west longitude, 11°9´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Bobo-Dioulasso , Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso, Afrika

Political relevance of location
Laterite is a residue of rock weathering over a long period. This soil consists of the weathering residuals such as quartz, iron- and aluminium oxides. It is the final stadium of a soil forming process resulting in low natural soil fertility. Therefore, it is unfavourable farm land. However, laterite is used as road building material.

Classification of the earth

Colour	reddish brown
Age	Pleistocene to Holocene

Donor

Dr. Wilfried Kantor,
 Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Hannover,
 Germany