World Reference Base for Soil Resources. International soil classification system for naming soils and creating legends for soil maps

The first edition of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) was released
\nat the 16th World Congress of Soil Science at Montpellier in 1998. At the same event,
\nit was also endorsed and adopted as the system for soil correlation and international
\ncommunication of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS). The second edition
\nof the WRB was released at the 18th World Congress at Philadelphia in 2006.
\nAfter an additional eight years of intensive worldwide testing and data collection,
\nthe third edition of the WRB is presented. This publication builds on and reflects the
\nvaluable work of the authors of the earlier drafts and editions of the WRB, as well…

• UV
  Universiteit van die Vrystaat
• TU
  Technische Universität München
• SI
  Szent István Egyetem