Leaching — In general, leaching is the extraction of certain materials from a carrier into a liquid (usually, but not always a solvent). Specifically, it may refer to:*Leaching (agriculture) *Leaching (chemical science) *Leaching (metallurgy) **Dump… … Wikipedia
podzolic soil — ▪ pedology podzolic also spelled Podsolic, also called Lessivé Soil, soil usually forming in a broadleaf forest and characterized by moderate leaching, which produces an accumulation of clay and, to some degree, iron that have been… … Universalium
soil — soil1 soilless, adj. /soyl/, n. 1. the portion of the earth s surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus. 2. a particular kind of earth: sandy soil. 3. the ground as producing vegetation or as cultivated for its crops: fertile soil. 4. a… … Universalium
North America — North American. the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 ft. (6187 m); lowest, Death Valley, 276 ft. (84 m) below sea level. 400,000,000 including… … Universalium
Soil — For other uses, see Soil (disambiguation). A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; the bottommost layer represents bedrock … Wikipedia
Saprolite — A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; beneath C is bedrock Saprolite is a chemically weathered rock. Saprolites form in the lower zones of soil profiles and represent deep… … Wikipedia
Oxisol — profile Used in: USDA soil taxonomy Profile: OABC … Wikipedia
Terra preta — (“dark soil” in Portuguese) refers to expanses of very dark, fertile anthropogenic soils found in the Amazon Basin. It owes its name to its very high charcoal content. It is also known as “Amazonian dark earth” or “Indian black earth”. In… … Wikipedia
Sedimentary rock — Middle Triassic marginal marine sequence of siltstones (below) and limestones (above), Virgin Formation, southwestern Utah, USA Sedimentary rock are types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material at the Earth s surface and within… … Wikipedia
Aridisols — (or desert soils) are a soil order in USA soil taxonomy. Aridisols (from the Latin aridus , for “dry”) form in an arid or semi arid climate. Aridisols dominate the deserts and xeric shrublands which occupy about one third of the Earth s land… … Wikipedia
