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The main parameters for soils of Georgia were investigated. For revealing basic geographical features of soils classification for Georgia, the special importance was given to micromorphological diagnosing of main soil formation processes (humification, gleying, ferrugination, lessivage, calcareousness). The groups of processes for each type of soils are allocated most typical. The cartographic material is created which reflects the distribution of the main profile formation processes in soils of Georgia using the GIS. The correlation of the given material with types of landscapes of Georgia shown, original picture. The precise ratio was marked rather only semi-arid of landscapes, where dominate processes are humification and calcareousness. Soils are the special component of a landscape, which not always submits to the certain rules. In formation of some soils quite often any factor has a main role and known process soil-formation, based on the complex influence of the factors, sometimes can drop out of general geographical peculiarity. Therefore, in the names of landscapes the soil appears in the smallest level.