Somalia Geology and Soils

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Geological map of Somalia:
This map was produced jointly with the university of Florence, Italy , University of Padua,Italy, Somali National University Mogadishu and Ministry of Mineral and water resources Somalia, at scale 1:500,000. The processing and elaboration of this maps was done by FAO-SWALIM. Download Map (PDF; 1,235KB)

Dominant Soils of Somalia:
This map was sourced from FAO Land and Water Development Division in Rome and published by FAO Africover project at scale 1:1000000. Copies of the map can be obtained from SWALIM on CD or DVD. Download Map (PDF; 350KB)

Lithological map of Somalia from AFRICOVER:
This map was produced by the FAO Land and Water Development Division in Rome, Italy and published by FAO-AFRICOVER project in 2002 at 1:1000000 scale. Copies can be obtained from SWALIM and FAO dynamic atlas (may 2005). Data will be provided on CD and DVD. Download Map (PDF; 351KB)

Geological map of North Eastern Somalia:
This map was produced jointly by University of Siena, Italy and the Somalia National University. The processing and elaboration by FAO-SWALIM. Copies of these data can be obtained from SWALIM on CDs or DVD. Download Map (PDF; 1,220KB)

Geological map of the Daban Basin:
This map was produced by Florence University Italy and the Somalia National University. Processing and elaboration of the map was done by FAO-SWALIM. Copies of the map can be obtained from SWALIM on CD s or DVDs. Download Map (PDF; 1,190KB)

Geological map of Gedo, Bakook and Bay region (Southern Somalia):
This map was produced jointly by University of Siene Italy, Somalia National University and University of Padua, Italy. Processing and elaboration was done by FAO-SWALIM. Copies can be obtained from SWALIM on CD or DVD. Download Map (PDF; 1,677KB)

Soils of the Northern AOI:
This map was produced by FAO-SWALIM at scales1:50000 and 1:00000. Methods for producing this map included Bibliographic research and data collection, modeling, landscaped stratisfication (also called the geopedological approach) and soil field survey. The field survey was conducted between April and July 2006. Copies of this map can be obtained from SWALIM on CD or DVD. Download Map (PDF, 628KB)

Soils of the Southern AOI:
This map was produced by FAO-SWALIM at scales 1:100000. Methods for producing this map included Bibliographic research and data collection, Modeling, landscape stratisfication (also termed the geopedological approach) and soil field survey. The field survey was conducted in March 2007. Copies of this map can be obtained from SWALIM on CD or DVD. Download Map (PDF, 310KB)