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Card 6

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Soil that occurs in cool temperate climates in the northern hemipshere, where there is more precipitation than evaoptranspiration

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Card 7

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Layer of needles or leaf litter in podzols

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Card 8

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Narrow and acidic horizon in podzols

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Card 9

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Why is the water travelling through the soil more able to dissolve certain minerals (Fe and Al compounds) in podzols?

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Card 10

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What is the E horizon mostly made up of in podzols?

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Card 11

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What accumulates in the B horizon in podzols?

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Card 12

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What causes very few crops to grow on podzols, apart of it's acidity?

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Card 13

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What is a hard, continuous layer of deposited iron called in podzols?

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Card 14

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Where does the hard pan develop?

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Card 15

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This makes ploughing difficult as the machinery sinks - due to the formation of a hard pan

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