Maya and WRB Soil Classification in Yucatan, Mexico: Differences and Similarities

Table 9

Relationship between WRB soil units and Mayan soil types.

WRB soil group	Dominant kind of rock	Topographic position	Mayan soil class
Chromic Luvisols; Eutric Cambisols; Mollic Leptosol	Fracturable	Any part of the plains	K’ankab
Nudilithic Leptosol	Fracturable	Base of the mounds	Haylu’um
Hyperskeletic Leptosol			Ch’ich’lu’um
Haplic Calcisol; Hyperskeletic Leptosol	Graintable and powderable	Flat tops of the mounds	Puslu’um; Ch’ich’lu’um
Petrocalcic Calcisol	Fracturable and grainable	Top of the mounds	Puslu’um
Nudilithic Leptosol; Hyperskeletic Leptosol	Fracturable; Fracturable; Fracturable	Top of the mounds; Sides of the mounds; Base of the mounds	Boxlu’um; Tsek’el; Ch’och’ol
Rendzic Leptosol; Nudilithic Leptosol	Fracturable	Top of the mounds; Sides of the mounds	Boxlu’um; Tsek’el
Nudilithic Leptosol; Lithic Leptosol; Nudilithic Leptosol	Soluble; Soluble; Fracturable	Top of the mounds; Sides of the mounds; Base of the mounds	Chaltun; Boxlu’um; Haylu’um