Kuti L., Kerék B. and Tóth T. 2005. Agrogeological characterization of the plain 
and hilly regions of Hungary. (Hung.) Tájökológiai Lapok. 3:83-97.

In order to create the prerequisites of modern land-use, to identify the most 
appropriate agricultural activities for a given area, and to develop convenient 
conditions for supporting the agriculture, adequate knowledge of the 
agrogeological values of the given area is required. It is also important to 
study and characterize the agrogeological position of the regional units in 
question. The agrogeological qualification of the plain and hilly regions of 
Hungary has been perfomed relying on the data and maps of the geological 
surveying that was carried out during the past decades, by means of 
agrogeological re-evaluation of the geological data. The lithological map of the 
surface and near-surface formations was plotted first, followed by the maps 
showing the depth, the cemical type, and the total dissolved salt content of the 
groundwater, respectively. These having been completed, further maps were 
derived from them: irrigability of the area, risk of inland water, and erosion 
vulnerability. These maps have provided us with the possibility of qualifying 
and assessing the regions of study. This was done by ranking on a 0-5 scale, the 
various agrogeological factors occurring in the area, taking into account their 
positive or negative effect, respectively. The outcome was that the weak and 
strong points of the regions studied have been unambiguosly established. This 
facilitates the selection of those plant species, which are the most convenient 
for the given region, and of the most adequate agrotechnical activities.