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Land capability class

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-003655

The broadest category in the system. Class codes I to VIII indicate progressively greater limitations and narrower choices for agriculture. The numbers are used to represent both irrigated and nonirrigated land capability.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-003655
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymscapability class; land use capability class; soil capability class
ReferencesNatural Resources Conservation Service, USDA, National Resources Inventory Glossary; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoLand capability classification; Land capability subclass
TranslationsSpanish: clase de capacidad productiva de la tierra
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003655",
  "term": "Land capability class",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The broadest category in the system. Class codes I to VIII indicate progressively greater limitations and narrower choices for agriculture. The numbers are used to represent both irrigated and nonirrigated land capability.",
  "synonyms": [
    "capability class",
    "land use capability class",
    "soil capability class"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "land capability classification",
    "land capability subclass"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA, National Resources Inventory Glossary",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "clase de capacidad productiva de la tierra"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/land-capability-class/"
}

Record 3,611 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.