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124°20' 124°30' 124°40' 124°50' 125°0' 125°10' Province of Maguindanao R E P U B L I C O F T H E P H I L I P P I N E S D E P A R T M E N T O F A G R I C U L T U R E 6°40' 6°40' BUREAU OF SOILS AND WATER MANAGEMENT Ell ip tical Ro a d ,co r.V isa ya s Ave .,D ilim an ,Q u ezo n Cit y SOIL pH MAP Tantangan ! ( Key Rice Areas ) PROVINCE OF SOUTH COTABATO ° SCALE 1 : 140 , 000 0 12.5 25 50 75 100 125 150 Kilometers Projection : Transverse Mercator Datum : Luzon 1911 Norala ! DISCLAIMER: All political boundaries are not authoritative KORONADAL \ 6°30' 6°30' Tampakan ! Province of Davao del Sur Sto. Niño ! Banga ! Province of Sultan Kudarat Surallah ! Province of Saranggani Tupi 6°20' 6°20' ! ! Lake Sebu T'boli Polomolok ! ! 6°10' 6°10' GENERAL ^SANTOS Province of Saranggani 6°0' 6°0' LEGEND pH Value GENERAL AREA MAPPING UNIT DESCRIPTION ( 1:1 RATIO ) RATING ha % SARA NGGA NI BA Y Nearly Neutral 15,565 39.79 > 6.8 or to Extremely Alkaline 4,053 10.36 Low - - < 4.5 Extremely Acid - - LOCATION MAP - - Moderately Very Strongly 20° 7° 4.6 - 5.0 Tinot o Bay Maguindanao Bukidnon Low Acid - - D a v a o d 3,400 8.69 e l Moderately S u 5.1 - 5.5 Strongly Acid r High Sultan Kudarat LUZON 15° - - 6°3 0' Moderately 15,817 40.43 5.6 - 6.8 High Acid to Slightly SOUTH COTABATO 285 0.73 S Acid a r 5°50' a 5°50' n g VISAYAS 10° 6° a T O T A L 39,120 100.00 n i Paddy Irrigated Paddy Non Irrigated Arreae eas trimeafteerd sb atsoed t ohne a catucatlu fiaelld asurreveay, southrerv ienfyoremda tbioyn ftrhome DfAie-RlFdO 'ss uMrAv'se, NyI At eSearvmice. Area, NAMRIA Land Cover (2010) and BSWM Land Use System Map MINDANAO 124°30 ' 125° 120° 125° MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION C CONVENTIONAL SIGNS SOURCES OF INFORMATION :Topographic information taken from NAMRIA Topographic Map at a scale E L of 1:50,000.Elevation data taken from SRTM 1 arc-second global dataset (2015). Bathymetry information E taken from British Oceanographic Centre.Fertility data gathered through the Bureau of Soils and Water B ROADS BOUNDARY HYDROLOGY Management (BSWM) National Soil Sampling and Testing for Fertility and Crop Suitability Assessment E project led by the Soils Survey Division(SSD) in 2016. S Expressway Regional S Rivers / Lake Users noting errors or omissions in this publication are requested to inform the BSWM,SRDC Bldg.,Elliptical Rd. E Trunk line Provincial Shoreline cor.Visayas Avenue,Diliman,Quezon City,Philippines or visit the BSWM website (http://www.bswm.da.gov.ph). A Primary District PLACES Copyright © 2016.All rights reserved to the Bureau of Soils and Water Management. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or published without written consent from the BSWM. Secondary Municipal \ ^ Capital City / City P ! Prepared and produced by the GEOMATICS AND SOIL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION, BSWM. Tertiary Capital Town / Town 124°20' 124°30' 124°40' 124°50' 125°0' 125°10'.

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