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SOILS a brief introduction A soil is the upper layer of weathered rock combined with organic matter or humus added by the vegetation A soil forms from a parent material of underlying rock or deposit Look honey It’s a SOIL ! !

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SOILS a brief introduction

A soil is the upper layer of weathered rock combined with organic matter or humus added by the vegetation

A soil forms from a parent material of underlying rock or deposit

Look honeyIt’s a

SOIL !!

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THE SOIL PROFILE

A soil develops a profile or vertical structure that depends on :_The parent materialClimateVegetation

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A very simple system

As easy as A B C !!

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