1. MAP 1: SOILS OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA AND SARAWAK
Saline gley soils (Gleysols)
Peat soils (Histosols)
Peat soils (deep) (Histosols)
Eutric Fluvisols
Dystric Fluvisols & Dystric Gleysols
Recent alluvial soils (Rhegosols)
Thionic Fluvisols & Dystric Gleysols
Dystric Cambisols & Dystric Gleysols
Skeletal soils (Lithosols)
Dystric Cambisols & Plinthic Gleysols
Gleyic Cambisols, Humic Gleyic & Dystric Histosols
Plinthic Acrisols & Orthic Ferralsols
Skeletal soils & Brown forest soils (Lithosols & Rendzinas)
Plinthic Acrisols
Gleyic Cambisols & Dystric Fluvisols
Gleyic Acrisols & Plinthic Acrisols
Gleyic Cambisols & Orthic Acrisols
Skeletal soils & Lateritic soils
(Lithosols, Acrisols & Oxisols)
Dystrc Nitosols
Vertic Cambisols & Eutric Gleysols
Dystric Nitosols & Orthic Ferralsols
Ferralic Cambisols
Dystric Nitosols & Dystric Cambisols
Skeletal soils & Red-yellow podzolic soils
(Lithosols & Acrisols)
Orthic Podzols
Dystric Nitosols
Orthic Acrisols
Red-yellow podzolic soils (Acrisols & Ferralsols)
Orthic Ferralsols & Ferric Acrisols
Orthic Acrisols & Gleyic Acrisols
Grey-white podzolic soils (Acrisols, Ferralsols & Planosols
Orthic Acrisols & Orthic Ferralsols
Rhodic Ferralsols & Xanthic Ferralsols
Orthic Acrisols & Plinthic Acrisols
Dystric Histosols
Podzols (Podzols)
Ferric Acrisols
‘Steepland’
Gley soils (Gleysols)
Orthic Acrisols & Dystric Cambisols
‘Mined & Urban Land’
Ferric Acrisols & Plinthic Acrisols

2. LEGEND MAP 2: PRESENT STATUS OF SALINE SOILS IN MALAYSIA 3 5 21 5 2 4
LEGEND
• Soils derived from marine alluvium
1- Severely saline soils
2- Saline soils in Sarawak (ranging from slightly to severely saline)
3- Saline soil in Sabah (ranging from slightly to severely saline)
4- Slightly saline soils
Sedentary soils
5- Saline soils of Cameron Highlands (ranging from non-saline to severely saline soils)

3. LEGEND MAP 3: CAUSES OF SALINITY IN THE SOILS OF MALAYSIA 3 5 21 5 2 4
LEGEND
Causes of soil salinity
1- Sea-water intrusion
2- Sea-water intrusion
3- Sea-water intrusion
4- Underground seepage and sea-water intrusion
5- Intensive land use

4. MAP 4: PACE OF SALINISATION / DESALINISATION IN THE SOILS OF MALAYSIA3 1 5 2 4
LEGEND
Pace of salinisation / desalinisation
1- Constant
2- Slow to very high
3- Slow to very high
4- High
5- Slow to very high

5. D
PENANG
Kuching
Crop-growing region