Soils with high carbon content in Lower Saxony 1: 50 0000

The maps of the “Soils with high carbon content in Lower Saxony” were prepared together with the map of “Carbon-rich soils with significance for climate protection in Lower Saxony” on behalf of the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Protection. The map is based on the land map of Lower Saxony 1: 50 000 (BK50) was created and shows the soils with peat-containing horizons up to 2 m depth. While the map of “carbon-rich soils of importance for climate protection” shows only those sites with medium to high potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the map of “high carbon soils” provides an overall overview of carbon-rich soils. It contains the soil types high and low moor, moorgley, organomarsch and sand deck culture, as well as soils with powerfully superimposed peatlands and cultivated moors. It is explicitly pointed out that the maps are overviews. They can be used to obtain an overview of the carbon-rich soils of Lower Saxony or to identify search rooms. On the other hand, they cannot be a basis for sparse, regional statements.