cambisol

Meaning

1. noun A kind of soil that is beginning to form, characterized by weak, mostly brownish discolouration and/or structure formation in the soil profile, and developed in medium and fine-textured materials derived from a wide range of rocks.

Similar words

argosol chromosol ultisol oxisol umbrisol mesisol albeluvisol vertisol stagnosol brunification

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