Ustic

Ustic Moisture Regime
Ustic Kandihumult
(Fine, Kaolinitic, Isohyperthermic)
Used inWRB, USDA soil taxonomy
ClimateSemi-arid

Ustic is a class of soil moisture regime. It is one of a range of different soil moisture regimes, such as: aquic moisture regime, aridic moisture regime, udic moisture regime and xeric moisture regime. The ustic moisture regime is intermediate between the aridic regime and the udic regime.[1]

  1. ^ Natural Resources Conservation Service. "Keys to Soil Taxonomy, United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Twelfth Edition, 2014".