Dhaga

Shoko rokuti dhaga rinoreva ivhu ratinotsika tichifamba, rinova ndiro rinomera mbeu, miti nemadzinde akasiyana-siyana. Dhaga rinowanikwa riine ruvara rwakasiyana munzvimbo dzakasiyana; kune jecha, gova, shapa, munyakwe, zvichingodaro. Mumatunhu eDomboshava neMazowe munowanikwa ivhu dzvuku rinonzi gova kana kuti katondo.

Zvakaworera muvhu zvinobva pamadzinde semashizha nemakwati akaworera zvinodanwa kunzi mutsakwani kana matsakwani - humus.

• Kuchinga (restore soil fertility).
• Mududu, muhori kana rondo (Hole from which soil is taken for smearing floors.

Mhando dzevhu

Munyakwe

Munyakwe (clay kuChirungu).

• Dema (black soil).
• Dikwindi (patch of black fertile soil) zvichireva nzvimbo ine dhaga dema rakapfuma. Vamwe voti dhakamunyama.

• Gova kana chimbangu (red loam soil) apa kureva dhaga dzvuku.
• Gwangwarati (barren soil).
• Mhukutu (soil on side of, or at foot of a hill, mixed with detritus- generally red) zvichireva dhaga dzvuku rinowanikwa mujinga megomo rakabva pakubvurunyuka kwematombo.

• Shapa kana mushapa (sandy soil).

• Bare (hard black salty soil) dhaga dema iro rionowanikwa munyu mariri. Mudunhu reChiweshe kune musha unonzi Bare.

• Katondo
• Dofo (Soft, fertile vlei soil) zvichireva ivhu rakapfava rine mutsakwani.
• Jecha
• Rukuvi kana gwatara (soil on river bank).
• Mhemba (Light-coloured soil used as colour wash).
• Munyakwe, chinyakwe, chinamwe rondo, dongo (clayey soil) imhando yedhaka rakatsetseka rinonamira kana ratoteswa. Dhaka iri rinoshandiswa kuumba hari nezvimwe zviumbwa.
• Mhamhare kana mamhare (Soil in which thorn trees flourish) apa kureva ivhu rinokudza miti yeminzwa.

Gukuravhu

Shoko rokuti gukuravhu (soil erosion) rinoreva kutakurwa kwevhu kubva panzvimbo pari richikukurwa nemvura yekunaya kana nemhepo. Gukuravhu rinokonzera kuti nzizi nehova dzizare nevhu dzichigumisidza dzapwa sezvakaita rwizi Save mune dzimwe nzvimbo.