Alluvium and mountain slopes, July 23, 1947

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The pattern of land use on the alluvium and mountain slopes of northern Okinawa. Ripening rice occupies most of the poorly drained Alluvial soils in the foreground and is also growing on some of the terraces up the slope to a point about a third of the way up. The poorly drained soils are comparable to the Wehadkee series, whereas the shallow soils of the mountains are like the Chandler, Muskingum,... and Coeburn series. The crops over most of the terraces slope are sweet potatoes, millet, and taro, with the first predominant. Benches hillsides or mountain slopes occur near the villages of the north half of the island where population pressure has been severe."