A Soil Reconnaissance Journey Through Parts of Tanganyika Territory December 1935 To February 1936

Abstract

his soil reconnaissance journey was made between 7 December 1935 and 4 February 1936 to certain parts of the Central, Western and Lake Provinces of Tanganyika Territory, passing en route through parts of the Tanga and Eastern Provinces. For some portions of the ground covered other information was already to hand and in making the commentary this earlier material has been incorporated. Previous laboratory acquaintance had also been made with some of the soils from the admirably documented collections made by BD Burtt in 1933-4. The present report is thus a connected generalized account of soil conditions along the route so far as they are understood to date. The objects of the journey were to look for the relationships of the principal soil types to each other and to the various natural factors concerned in soil formation, taking particular account of vegetation. It was found that here, in semiarid Tanganyika, the soil and vegetation zones