Department of Soils and Agricultural Chemistry, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, 751 003.
Five pedons of the hill slope soils of Middle Andaman Island were characterized and classified taxonomically. These are situated on a slightly sloping land terrain with undulating surfaces. Soils are strongly to extremell acidic andfairly high in organic matter. The value of CEC varied from 10.6 to 23.2 cmol(p+) kg−1 and calcium dominates the exchange complex along with exchangeable Al3+. Soils were classified under the two orders: Entisols and Inceptisols.
Hill slope, morphology, physical and chemical characteristics, taxonomic classification
