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<br />This mapping unit consists of strongly and steeply sloping, xell
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<br />`:''i:=~.-=, sec{iments xeathered from soft shale interbedded xith soft arkosic
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<br />The Bluerim soil is moderately deep and formed in glade over '
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<br />'""~- ••'~~:' Typically Bluerim soil has a light olive broxn sandy .loam surface
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