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Discuss the Major Soil-Forming Processes

  • Biogeography

Soil formation (pedogenesis) is a continuous, dynamic process operating through the combined action of climate, vegetation, topography, parent material, and time (Jenny's cl, o, r, p, t factors). At the level of the individual soil profile, pedogenesis expresses itself through a set of identifiable pedogenic processes — additions, losses, translocations, and transformations of mineral and…

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  • 1. Translocation (Eluviation–Illuviation)
  • 2. Organic (Humification) Processes
  • 3. Podzolisation (Cheluviation)
  • 4. Gleying (Gleyzation)
  • 5. Desilication (Laterisation)
  • 6. Salinisation and Calcification
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion

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