HOST Class 9

Geology:

fine textured (silty or clayey) lacustrine or riverine alluvium.

Landforms:

often associated with loch margins or in-filled ox-bow lakes on broad alluvial flood plains. Occasionally they are found as large, relatively stone-free areas of former lake beds which are still prone to seasonal flooding.

Soils:

imperfect to poorly drained alluvial soils.

Vegetation:

often rush pasture.

Flow:

by-pass flow to shallow groundwater.