red podzolic soil

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red podzolic soil Soil profile formed at an advanced stage of weathering and leaching by the process of podzolization; it is similar in appearance and properties to a podzol but associated with the greater degree of chemical weathering and higher iron-oxide concentrations of a humid, tropical environment. See also ULTISOLS.

red podzolic soil

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red podzolic soil(krasnozem) A soil profile formed at an advanced stage of weathering and leaching by the process of podzolization; it is similar in appearance and properties to a podzol but associated with the greater degree of chemical weathering and higher iron-oxide concentrations of a humid, tropical environment. See also Ultisols.

red podzolic soil

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red podzolic soil (krasnozem) A soil profile formed at an advanced stage of weathering and leaching by the process of podzolization, being similar in appearance and properties to a podzol but associated with the greater degree of chemical weathering and higher ironoxide concentrations of a humid, tropical environment. See also ULTISOLS.

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