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Podzol means "under-ash" and is derived from the Russian под (pod) + зола́ (zola); the full form is подзо́листая по́чва (podzolistaya pochva), meaning "under-ashed soil". The term was first given in mid-1875 by Vasily Dokuchaev.
Podzol soils (Polish: Gleby bielicoziemne; WRB: Podzols; ST: Spodosols) That order groups all soils where main soil developing process was podzolisation , spodic horizon is diagnostic for that group.
Brown podzolic soils are a subdivision of the Podzolic soils in the British soil classification.Although classed with podzols because they have an iron-rich, or spodic horizon, they are, in fact intermediate between podzols and Brown earths.
Podsolisation is an extreme form of leaching which causes the eluviation of iron and aluminium sesquioxides. [1]The process generally occurs in areas where precipitation is greater than evapotranspiration.
Plaggen soil or plaggic anthrosol [1] is a type of soil created in parts of northwest Europe [2] in the Middle Ages, as a result of so-called "plaggen" agriculture on marginal podzol soils. In order to fertilize the fields, pieces of heath or grass including roots and humus ("plaggen") were cut and used as bedding for cattle or sheep.
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[1] [2] In Bangladesh and India, the practice is known as jhum or jhoom. [3] [4] [5] Slash-and-burn is a type of shifting cultivation, an agricultural system in which farmers routinely move from one cultivable area to another. A rough estimate is that 200–300 million people worldwide use slash-and-burn. [6] [7] Slash-and-burn causes temporary ...
Berkshire soil series is the name given to a well-drained loam or sandy loam soil which has developed on glacial till in parts of southern Quebec, eastern New York State and New England south to Massachusetts.