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Distinguish between the characteristics of Chernozem and Sierozem soils.

  • UPSC 2017
  • Biogeography

Chernozem (Russian chornyi, black + zemlya, earth) and Sierozem (serozem, grey earth) are both pedocals, carbonate-accumulating soils of moisture-deficit climates; they stand at the two ends of the grassland-to-desert gradient, with chestnut soils between them.

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  • Distinction on Stated Criteria
  • Why They Differ
  • Chernozem: Biological Accumulation Dominates
  • Sierozem: Evaporation Dominates
  • Modern Equivalents and Current State

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