scope:

Sites may be natural, near natural, urban or industrial. This International Standard shall be used as a guide
for describing the soil and its environmental context at a given site. It is important to realize that a number of
soil samples may be taken at a site to support soil description. The information provided by the following
descriptions provides the context for the presentation of results from analyses undertaken on soil samples.
NOTE 1 It may not be possible or necessary to record data under all the headings listed in these descriptions.
NOTE 2 An overall guidance for presentation of information from soil surveys is given in ISO 15903.