Soil usage
Soil usage is defined as thee purpose for which the soil on which the site of the drill study is located is in use. Within the category soil usage a distinction is made between land use in rural area, which is agricultural use and nature conservation, and land use in non-rural (urban) areas. The definitions and categories within this subject can be found below.
Farmland for flower bulbs
Land in rural area used for arable farming or open field horticulture and for flower bulbs.
Farmland for anything but bulbs
Land in rural area used for arable farming or open field horticulture, but not for flower bulbs.
Orchard
Land in rural area used as orchard.
Forest
Land in rural area covered with forest.
Usage in transition
Land that is not paved and is not yet actually in use because people are changing the use of the land.
No soil use
Land with paved surface.
Greenhouses
Land in rural area used for horticulture under glass.
Grassland
Land or a smaller piece of land (grassland, roadside, embankment) in rural areas that is covered with grass for short or long periods of time.
Nature no vegetation
Terrain in rural areas that is in use as natural terrain without vegetation, for example, beaches, mudflats, or flugsand areas.
Nature short vegetation
Land in rural areas that is used as nature reserve and is overgrown with heather, reeds or other short vegetation.
Non rural trees
Land in non-rural areas that is predominantly covered with trees (public gardens, canals, cemeteries, allotments and campgrounds).
Non rural grass
Terrain in non-rural areas that is predominantly grassy (e.g. parks, golf courses, sports parks, grass strips and a lawn at swimming pools).
References
- BRO-Catalogus Geologisch booronderzoek versie 0.99 – 25 maart 2020