This is only a part of Europe. Russia also has a huge amount of black soil.
Quitte__ on
crazy how the alps are basically a wall for good soil spreading northward
isatai-i on
No wonder they call Ukraine the „Breadbasket of Europe“
Khriss1313 on
It’s incredible that greek culture was a able to spread around the mediteranean during antiquity when the soil was so bad !
TraditionHungry2326 on
Why Belarus and Russia have no data?
emuu1 on
Croatia has good soil because of the Pannonian basin but we completely ran the entire region and food industry into the ground (thank you selfish politics) where now we import anything that aren’t apples or onions. This is of course excluding the homegrown smallscale farming you can encounter.
If anything extremely serious happens with climate change and/or logistics in the next 30 years we are completely screwed.
AppropriateAd5701 on
Why are there so many random red spots on ukraine ?
Lopsided_Leg_1570 on
That’s why In Italy we have the concept of Heroic Agriculture/Viticulture
GeneralDJ on
It doesn’t really matter how good or bad your soil is anymore, technology and management are more predictable indicators of yields. Netherlands has the highest production of anything per hectare and the soils are ‚okay‘
420-aerial on
>degrado suoli :-DDD
[deleted] on
This is an excellent map, thank you. I love that I can pick out those places in the UK I know like the Vale of Evesham and the Dorset dairylands. I’m very surprised that much of Devon and Cornwall are classified as very poor. Leaving aside the moors, there is so much rich grassland there which supports our dairy and beef herds, that I’m very surprised to see so much red.
optrin on
Why are Galicia and Asturias so damn red? I don’t think that is correct, even accounting for the Cantabrian Mountains.
Far_Idea9616 on
Hungary no water! Game over
Onaliquidrock on
Northen Uppland is mosly planted forest
dovebri6 on
honestly, this is kinda wild to look at… I didnt realize the quality varied so much across the continent :0 I wonder what makes the soil in some spots so much better than others… ^^
TheRealPyroManiac on
Is this why the Welsh Dragon is red?
tonysoprano379 on
why is all of wales red?!
Brilliant999 on
Some methodology bs is at play here as the Carpathians in Romania are „very poor“ but then in Ukraine and Poland they are somehow „moderate“
AnnieByniaeth on
I wonder why there is a Moldovan sized hole between Romania and Ukraine. No soil?
blin3000 on
Are Russia and Belarus no longer considered Europe?
Melodijomiprimo on
The land in Galicia is of poor quality but it produces the best agricultural products in Spain . It’s strange
OverChargeYourPlasma on
Now to a Roman one, using SPQR
Gigantopithecus1453 on
I wonder if some of the areas in northeastern France were destroyed by ww1
elCaddaric on
I find it curious France has this big orange part right on an old volcanic range.
CompoteBackground840 on
Doesn’t Sicily have really good soil ? Best tomatoes and vegetables fruits thrive on the Vulcano soil
random-chicken32 on
Super naive question from someone who knows nothing about this: What (chemicals) determine a „good“ soil? Are we talking about just monoculture farming only?
venice_mcgangbang on
Malta not mentioned 🙁
Jeppep on
This is why we only have 5,6 million in Norway
ugohdit on
switzerland is very bad. its full of PFAS, 99% of all swiss soil is contamininated and there are no EU-regulations that apply here.
Willz-Iam on
West Flanders super soil
KyriakosCH on
And this is why Norway had vikings.
PlinketyPlinkaPlink on
The soil in my garden in Norway is about 20mm deep on top of lava/bedrock, that is apparently at least 300,000,000 years old.
Why does Switzerland fare so poorly? It seems like a natural haven, I guess the mountains don’t help but the cow shit must
al_amhara1987 on
Sorry but i would love to understand how points are distributed. As an example, sicily historically was the granary of rome. There is a large amount of volcanic soil there. The same for Campania.
A_Perez2 on
I need to know how that figure is calculated, because the Levante orchards (orange groves in Valencia) are shown in red, whilst the coast and centre of the province of Alicante (basically bare mountains) are shown in orange and even yellow.
DonnieBraskic on
Is the green area in the Balkans the Vojvodina region?
Nopithyusernamehere on
Interesting how some of the best areas for the production of wine seem to have the poorest soil
SmrdutaRyba on
You can sort of make out the shape of the blue banana
Pure_Bee2281 on
I’m red-green color blind. . .
Camp-Complete on
Why is Wales so bad? We literally have a song called The Green Green Grass of Home!
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This is only a part of Europe. Russia also has a huge amount of black soil.
crazy how the alps are basically a wall for good soil spreading northward
No wonder they call Ukraine the „Breadbasket of Europe“
It’s incredible that greek culture was a able to spread around the mediteranean during antiquity when the soil was so bad !
Why Belarus and Russia have no data?
Croatia has good soil because of the Pannonian basin but we completely ran the entire region and food industry into the ground (thank you selfish politics) where now we import anything that aren’t apples or onions. This is of course excluding the homegrown smallscale farming you can encounter.
If anything extremely serious happens with climate change and/or logistics in the next 30 years we are completely screwed.
Why are there so many random red spots on ukraine ?
That’s why In Italy we have the concept of Heroic Agriculture/Viticulture
It doesn’t really matter how good or bad your soil is anymore, technology and management are more predictable indicators of yields. Netherlands has the highest production of anything per hectare and the soils are ‚okay‘
>degrado suoli :-DDD
This is an excellent map, thank you. I love that I can pick out those places in the UK I know like the Vale of Evesham and the Dorset dairylands. I’m very surprised that much of Devon and Cornwall are classified as very poor. Leaving aside the moors, there is so much rich grassland there which supports our dairy and beef herds, that I’m very surprised to see so much red.
Why are Galicia and Asturias so damn red? I don’t think that is correct, even accounting for the Cantabrian Mountains.
Hungary no water! Game over
Northen Uppland is mosly planted forest
honestly, this is kinda wild to look at… I didnt realize the quality varied so much across the continent :0 I wonder what makes the soil in some spots so much better than others… ^^
Is this why the Welsh Dragon is red?
why is all of wales red?!
Some methodology bs is at play here as the Carpathians in Romania are „very poor“ but then in Ukraine and Poland they are somehow „moderate“
I wonder why there is a Moldovan sized hole between Romania and Ukraine. No soil?
Are Russia and Belarus no longer considered Europe?
The land in Galicia is of poor quality but it produces the best agricultural products in Spain . It’s strange
Now to a Roman one, using SPQR
I wonder if some of the areas in northeastern France were destroyed by ww1
I find it curious France has this big orange part right on an old volcanic range.
Doesn’t Sicily have really good soil ? Best tomatoes and vegetables fruits thrive on the Vulcano soil
Super naive question from someone who knows nothing about this: What (chemicals) determine a „good“ soil? Are we talking about just monoculture farming only?
Malta not mentioned 🙁
This is why we only have 5,6 million in Norway
switzerland is very bad. its full of PFAS, 99% of all swiss soil is contamininated and there are no EU-regulations that apply here.
West Flanders super soil
And this is why Norway had vikings.
The soil in my garden in Norway is about 20mm deep on top of lava/bedrock, that is apparently at least 300,000,000 years old.
[https://geoforskning.no/gjennom-rombeporfyren-pa-sollihogda/](https://geoforskning.no/gjennom-rombeporfyren-pa-sollihogda/)
Why does Switzerland fare so poorly? It seems like a natural haven, I guess the mountains don’t help but the cow shit must
Sorry but i would love to understand how points are distributed. As an example, sicily historically was the granary of rome. There is a large amount of volcanic soil there. The same for Campania.
I need to know how that figure is calculated, because the Levante orchards (orange groves in Valencia) are shown in red, whilst the coast and centre of the province of Alicante (basically bare mountains) are shown in orange and even yellow.
Is the green area in the Balkans the Vojvodina region?
Interesting how some of the best areas for the production of wine seem to have the poorest soil
You can sort of make out the shape of the blue banana
I’m red-green color blind. . .
Why is Wales so bad? We literally have a song called The Green Green Grass of Home!