12 Soils of the World

There are 12 soil types in the world. The different soils are organized by their varying composition, texture and color. The 12 different soils are listed below. Alfisols Andisols Aridisols Entisols Gelisols Histosols Inceptisols Mollisols Oxisols Spodosols Ultisols Vertisols Here is a map of the soils