“…Relief (topography) is also one of the important predictor for DSM, especially at a local or regional extent soil mapping (Zeraatpisheh et al, 2020). Relief affects soil microclimate and thereby influences soil characteristics (Dash et al, 2019). Most of the DSM studies in India have derived the terrain attributes from SRTM DEM, Cartosat DEM, ASTER DEM, and ALOS DEM (Table 2).…”