Geography, asked by kennedykimanthi855, 1 year ago

Mechanisms of soil formation

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Answered by DevilDoll12
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HEYA!
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✴SOIL FORMATION✴
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✨Soil is the topmost fertile layer of earth that supports the growth of various plants .

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✨Soil is formed due to break down of rocks over a long period of time . This process of breaks down of rocks is called WEATHERING .

✨Agents like the water , rain , wind and the sun break down these large rock into small particles . Over time along with the addition of humus , remains of plants and animals , the resultant is the soil .

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✨There are different types of soil depending on nature and method of formation

✴Alluvial soil

✴Black soil

✴Arid soil

✴Laterite soil

✴Red and yellow soil .

✴Mountanous soil

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Answered by manassunil28
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we distinguish SOM that is protected against decomposition by various mechanisms from that … Soil organic matter can be: (1) physically stabilized, or protected from decomposition, through … particles, and (3) can be biochemically stabilized through the formation of recalcitrant

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