Morphology and selected properties of alluvial soils in the Odra River valley, SW Poland

Abstract

The aim of the research carried out in the middle Odra valley, SW Poland, was to demonstrate the diversi fi cation of the morphology and selected properties of alluvial soils used for agricultural purposes and to assess their changes in the conditions of river regulation. The research was carried out in the low valley of the Odra River in its middle course downstream from Wroc ł aw. Four soil pro fi les were exposed on the right bank of the Odra River on the Holocene fl oodplain terrace. Two pro fi les were located in the embanked zone used as grassland