Why does laterite soil undergoes leaching?
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Leaching, in topography, loss of dissolvable substances and colloids from the top layer of soil by permeating precipitation. The materials lost are conveyed descending ( eluviated) and for the most part redeposited ( illuviated) in a lower layer.
This transport brings about a permeable and open top layer and a thick, minimized lower layer. The rate of filtering increments with the measure of precipitation. High temperatures and the evacuation of defensive vegetation. In ranges of broad leaching, many plant supplements are lost, leaving quartz and hydroxides of iron, manganese, and aluminum.
This transport brings about a permeable and open top layer and a thick, minimized lower layer. The rate of filtering increments with the measure of precipitation. High temperatures and the evacuation of defensive vegetation. In ranges of broad leaching, many plant supplements are lost, leaving quartz and hydroxides of iron, manganese, and aluminum.
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Laterite soils undergoes leaching because they were formed in wet tropical conditions
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