Oxisol
As Oxisol be designated according to the USDA Soil Taxonomy highly weathered tropical soils , as they are common in the tropical finds regions of Africa and South America, where a stable climate with high humidity prevails. According to the international WRB classification system, these floors are referred to as ferralsole . Worldwide, about 9.8 million square kilometers or 7.5 percent of the earth's land area are covered with oxisols.
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classification
Oxisols are divided into a total of five sub-categories:
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literature
- Soil Survey Staff: Soil Taxonomy: A Basic System of Soil Classification for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys. 2nd edition. Natural Resources Conservation Service. US Department of Agriculture Handbook 436.Washington DC, USA, 1999.
- Soil Survey Staff: Keys to Soil Taxonomy. 12th edition. Natural Resources Conservation Service. US Department of Agriculture. Washington DC, USA, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ No individual evidence for this statement
