al luvial -col luvial- lacustrine 

 ACFP flood plains 

 ACTE terraces 

 ACAB alluvial basins 



forms 



mass wasted slopes 



MWLS landslides 



PP = plot position 



wide valley bottom (>300 feet wide) 

 WVSC stream channel 

 WVSB stream bar 

 WVFP flood plain (including levees if 



appropriate) 

 WVTE terrace 



slope 



SLSS 



SLLS 



SLMS 

 SLUS 



short slope, neither upper nor lower 

 (<100 ft) 

 lower slope 

 mid slope 

 upper slope 



ridge 



RINR 

 RIWR 



narrow ridge (<100 ft wide) 

 wide ridge summit (>100 ft wide) 



bench 



BNCH 



bench in mountainous terrain 



SS = slope shape 



S - straight or even 



R - rounded or convex 



D - depression or concave 



P - patterned (micro-relief of hummocks and swales) 



U - undulating pattern of low ridges or knolls and 



draws 



= aspect (°) 



ASP 

 % 



ELEV 

 EP 



SA 



UP 



% slope 



elevation (ft) 



erosion potential 



soil surface is stable with no evidence of 



accelerated erosion 



soil surface is unstable because of lack of 



protective vegetation cover 



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