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NRCS Soil
NRCS Soil (Introduction to soil science · Soil Orders) — "The NRCS system organizes soils into twelve major orders, each ending in “-sol.” Orders are determine…
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- The NRCS system organizes soils into twelve major orders.
- Each soil order ends in “-sol.”
- Soil orders are determined by major classification factors.
- Major climate factors
- Dominant materials
- Degree of weathering
- Special soil-forming conditions
- The twelve soil orders are:
- Gelisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Andisols, Oxisols, Vertisols, Aridisols, Ultisols, Mollisols, Alfisols, Inceptisols, and Entisols.
