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The objective of this research was to characterize the spatial variability of chemical attributes of soils cultivated with sugarcane in areas with variations in relief forms. The two soils studied were a Latosol, placed in a convex landform (158ha), and an Argisol, placed in a linear landform (172ha). Soil samples for chemical analysis were collected in a regular grid, at the depth of 0.0-0.5m. The convex landform presented the highest coefficient variation and ranges. Therefore, the Latosol inserted in the landform convex presented greater spatial variability for chemical attributes than the Argisol in the linear landform. A larger number of points must be sampled in order to represent the spatial variability of the Latosol from the convex landform. We recommend the sampling interval to be equal to the range of the spatial dependency in order to associate a less intensive sampling effort with a higher representativity.