Ivanka Lyubenova*, Zornitsa Mitreva, Maria Ivanova, Irena Atanassova
Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies and Plant Protection “Nikola Poushkarov”, 7 Shosse
Bankya str., Sofia 1080, Bulgaria, Agricultural Academy
* Corresponding author: ivlyubenova@gmail.com

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Relief, climate and soils in the lands of the villages of Edrevo and Panicherevo, Stara Zagora region, Bulgaria were examined. A geographic information system (GIS), including the collected information, and spatial visualization of soil data and main soil characteristics was carried out in the form of a soil map and thematic maps of soil texture (physical clay content in %), humus content (%) and soil acidity (pH). A greater part of the agricultural land is occupied by Cinnamon forest soils, a total of 1720.56 ha, of which 1012.43 ha are strongly leached to slightly podzolized (Planosols, WRBSR, 2014) with varying degrees of erosion and 708.12 ha are undeveloped and shallow soils (Leptic Cambisols, WRBSR, 2014). The rest of the agricultural lands are from Alluvial (Deluvial) – meadow soils (Fluvisols, WRBSR, 2014) – 930.29 ha. The detailed description of the soil-climatic conditions was applied in determining the land evaluation and category of the lands (part II).