Plinthosols are iron-rich soils characterized by the presence of plinthite, petroplinthite or pisoliths. Softer plinthosols are common in the wet tropics, including in the eastern Amazon basin, the central Congo basin and parts of Southeast Asia. Dryer areas, including the Sudano-Sahelian zone, Southern African savannah, the Indian subcontinent, a...
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one of the 30 soil groups in the classification system of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Plinthosols form under a variety of climatic ...
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