Figure 8. Soil distribution

| 1 | Latosol | 12 | Stratified old manural loessial soil (Lou soil) | 23 | Gray desert soil | 34 | Salinized chao soil | 45 | Alpine meadow soil |
| 2 | Lateritic red soil | 13 | Gray-drab forest soil | 24 | Gray brown soil | 35 | Sajong black soil | 46 | Alpine meadow-steppe soil |
| 3 | Red soil | 14 | Dark loessial soil | 25 | Brown desert soil | 36 | Warp soil | 47 | Alpine steppe soil |
| 4 | Yellow soil | 15 | Black soil | 26 | Purplish soil | 37 | Bog soil | 48 | Alpine desert-steppe soil |
| 5 | Dry red soil | 16 | Planosol | 27 | Limestone soil | 38 | Paddy soil | 49 | Alpine desert soil |
| 6 | Yellow-brown soil | 17 | Chernozem | 28 | Phospho-calcic soil | 39 | Solonchak | 50 | Alpine frozen soil |
| 7 | Burozem | 18 | Dark chestnut soil | 29 | Yellow mein soil | 40 | Solonetz | 51 | Desert |
| 8 | Dark red soil | 19 | Chestnut soil | 30 | Aeolian sandy soil | 41 | Moutain scrubby steppe soil | 52 | Gobi |
| 9 | Podsolic soil | 20 | Light chestnut soil | 31 | Meadow soil | 42 | Subalpine meadow soil | 53 | Salt crust |
| 10 | Gray forest soil | 21 | Brown soil | 32 | Scrubby meadow soil | 43 | Subalpine steppe soil | 54 | Glacier and snow |
| 11 | Drab soil | 22 | Sierozem | 33 | Cultivated fluviogenic soil (Chao soil) | 44 | Subalpine desert soil |