Profile WAN II at Kainji Dam
| Horizon | Depth in cm | Description |
| A 11 | 0–5 | Black (10 YR 2/1) moist, dark greyish brown (10 YR 4/2) dry, loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, non sticky, plastic; common fine roots; common fine and few coarse cracks (0.5 on wide); common fine faint yellowish red (5 YR 5/8) mottles in soil matrix and also along rootchannels; smooth gradual boundary, |
| A 12 | 5–25 | very dark greyish brown (10 YR 3/2) moist, dark greyish brown (10 YR 4/2) dry, loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky and plastic; common fine roots; common cracks (0.5–1 cm wide) few faint dark yellowish brown (10 YR 3/4) mottles; common fine tabular pores; occasional coarse sand grains; smooth gradual boundary, |
| A 13 | 25–45 | dark greyish brown (10 YR 4/2) moist brown (10 YR 5/3) dry, clay; largest structural elements are very coarse prisms determined by vertical cracks; the latter are common and 0.5–2 cm wide; hard, firm, sticky and plastic; few fine gravel; occasional faint yellowish mottling and darker coloured patches; common faint cutans along rootchannels; few fine pores; smooth gradual boundary, |
| A 14 | 45–75 | dark grey (10 YR 4/1) moist, very dark grey (10 YR 3/1) dry, clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; common pressure phases; hard firm, sticky and plastic; common cracks 1–0.5 cm wide at 50 cm depth; faint cutans; faint discontinuous yellowish brown (10 YR 5/6) mottling; very few coarse sandgrains, |
| A 15 | 75–110 | greyish brown (10 YR 5/2) moist, dark greyish brown (10 YR 4/2) dry, clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; many intersecting slickensides making about 60° angle to the horizontal; very hard, firm, sticky and plastic; occasional faint yellowish brown (10 YR 5/4) mottling; few whitish accumulations many pressure phases; occasional fine gravel and Fe concretions; clear smooth boundary. |
| II C | 110–120 | weathered piece of schist which is underlain by a fairly homogeneous clay layer, |
| III C | 200–250 | brown (10 YR 5/3) moist and dry clay, with common white (10 YR 8/1) weathered rook material; and common strong brown (7.5 YR 5/8) mottles; structureless, massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few angular quartz gravel |
slope: 1.7%
site: 10 m from the water level
vegetation under grasses
classification: Typic Chromustert
Note: groundwater at 115 cm
| No. Sample | Location | Sampling Depth (cm) | Short Description |
| 1.1 | Papiri | 0–40 | dark brown (7.5YR4/4) sandy clay loam with common fine faint brown (10YR5/3) and distinct yellowish red (5YR4/6) mottles, |
| 1.2 | " | 60–90 | grey (2.5Y5/1) clay with common medium and large distinct olive brown (2.5Y4/4) and dark yellowish brown (20YR4/4) mottles. |
| 2.3 | Gafara | 0–25 | yellowish brown (10YR5/4) and dark grey (10YR4/1) sandy loan, |
| 2.4 | " | 30–50 | grey (10YR5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR5/4) clay, |
| 2.5 | " | 60–90 | dark grey (10YR4/1) and brown (10YR 4/3) common medium distinct mottles. |
| 3.6 | Gafara Bay | 0–30 | very dark grey (10YR3/1) sandy loan with few fine faint dark brown (10YR3/3) mottles, |
| 3.7 | 30–60 | brown (10YR4/3) sandy loam. | |
| 4.8 | Wo | 0–20 | dark yellowish brown (10YR3/4) loamy sand, |
| 4.9 | " | 25–50 | yellowish red (5YR5/6) sandy loam. |
| 5.10 | Bakari | 0–20 | black (7.5YR2/0) clay. |
| 6.11 | R.Doro-R.Temo confluence | 0–35 | dark brown (10YR3/3) clay with common fine distinct very dark grey (10YR3/1) mottles, |
| 6.12 | " | 40–60 | brown (10YR5/3) clay with common median distinct olive grey (5Y5/2) mottles. |
| 7.13 | SW Bussa Island | 0–20 | dark brown (7.5YR3/2) sandy loam with few medium distinct dark grey (10YR4/1) mottles, |
| 7.14 | " | 25–35 | brown (7.5YR4/4) clay with few medium distinct dark grey (7.5YR 4/1) mottles. |
| 8.15 | SE Foge Island | 0–20 | brown (10YR4/3) loamy sand, |
| 8.16 | " | 30–60 | yellowish red (5YR5/8) loamy sand. |
| 9.17 | HE Foge Island | 0–20 | very dark grey (10YR3/1) sandy loam with few fine faint very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2) and distinct red (2.5YR4/6) mottles. |
| 9.18 | " | 25–80 | strong brown (7.5YR5/6) sandy loam |
| 9.19 | " | 85–120 | strong brown (7.5YR5/6) clay with common medium distinct yellowish red (5YR4/8) mottles. |
| 10.20 | Wata R. | 0–2 | dark greyish brown (10YR4/2) sandy loam, |
| 10.21 | " | 30–60 | yellowish brown (10YR5/4) sandy loam with few fine faint (10YR5/6) mottles. |
| 11.22 | Malendo R. | 0–20 | very dark grey (10YR3/1) and very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2) loam, |
| 11.23 | " | 30–80 | dark greyish brown (10YR4/2) loam, |
| 11.24 | " | 90–120 | brown (7.5YR4/4) sandy clay with few fine distinct greyish brown (10YR5/2) mottles. |
| 12.25 | Gafara Bay | 0–20 | dark grey (10YR4/1) sandy loam, |
| 12.26 | " | 20–45 | grey (10YR5/1) sandy loam with few fine faint yellowish brown (10YR5/4) mottles. |
| 13.27 | Raishe | 0–20 | black (10TR2/1) sandy loam, some reddish mottling along rootchannels, |
| 13.28 | " | 20–40 | very dark grey (10YR3/1) sandy loam, |
| 13.29 | " | 40–55 | yellowish brown (10YR5/4) loamy sand |
| 14.30 | Old Bussa | 0–20 | very dark grey (10YR3/1) sandy loam with common fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR3/4) mottles, |
| 14.31 | " | 20–35 | brown (10YR4/3) slightly gravelly sandy loam. |
| 15.32 | Papiri | 0–30 | very dark grey (10YR3/1) and very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2) sandy loam, |
| 15.33 | " | 40–75 | yellowish brown (10YR5/4) sandy clay loam with common medium and large distinct light brownish grey (10 YR 6/2) and yellowish red (5YR5/6) mottles, |
| 15.34 | " | 80–120 | light grey (2.5Y6/0) clay with common large prominent yellowish brown (10YR5/6) mottles. |
| 16.35 | Sangunu | 0–20 | very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2) loam, |
| 16.36 | " | 30–65 | dark brown (10YR3/3) clay loam, |
| 16.37 | " | 70–90 | dark greyish brown (10YR4/2) clay with common medium faint dark grey (10YR4/1) and brown (10YR4/3) mottles, |
| 16.38 | " | 90–120 | olive brown (2.5Y4/4) sandy clay loam. |
| 17.39 | Shagunu | 0–20 | dark reddish brown (5YR3/2) gravelly sandy loam, |
| 17.40 | " | 20–40 | dark reddish brown (5YR3/4) gravelly sandy loam. |
