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Lixisol

Soil type

Lixisol
Summary

Soil type

Lixisols are a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). They are soils with subsurface accumulation of low activity clays and high base saturation. They develop under intensive tropical weathering conditions and subhumid to semi-arid climate.

Soil profile of a Lixisol

References

References

  1. IUSS Working Group WRB. (2022). "World Reference Base for Soil Resources, fourth edition". International Union of Soil Sciences, Vienna.
  2. [https://www.markusengelhardt.com/skripte/geographie/08bobuscript_zonaleboedentropen.pdf ''Zonale Böden der Tropen und Subtropen.'' Skript Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung Universität Karlsruhe (TH)]
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