regosol


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regosol

(ˈrɛɡəˌsɒl)
n
(Geological Science) a type of azonal soil consisting of unconsolidated material derived from freshly deposited alluvium or sands
[C20: from Greek rhēgos covering, blanket + Latin solum soil]
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Noun1.regosol - a type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand
dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
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(m) 606 200 Latitude and 13[degrees] 40' S; 7[degrees] 30' N; Longitude 34[degrees] 15' E 3[degrees] 54' E Mean Annual 22 27 temp ([degrees]C) Mean annual 800 1200 rainfall (mm) Unimodal Bimodal Climate (FAO) Sub-humid Humid Soil type (WRB, TYPIC DYSTRIC 2015) FERRALSOL REGOSOL Texture Sandy clay Sandy sand, silt, clay 60, 5, 35 87, 6, 7 (%) Sites Tamale, Sadore, Ghana Niger Environmental Parameters Altitude asl.
The soil where the crop was grown was analyzed by the Soil Laboratory of Embrapa Cotton and classified as eutrophic Regosol (Silva 2009), however, no need of fertilizers was found.
Valores del factor K para cada tipo de suelo Suelo FAO USDA Orden Suborden Gran grupo Saj Regosol i?1/2utrico Inceptisol Udepte Distrudepte Va Fluvisol i?1/2utrico Entisol Orthente Udorthente Mj Fluvisol i?1/2utrico Entisol Orthente Ustorthente Suelo USDA Subgrupo Saj Distrudepte Ti?1/2pico Va Udorthente Ti?1/2pico Mj Ustorthente Li?1/2tico Fuente: INTA-UNSa, 2009.
Soil is classified as eutric regosol (RGe, 7%) and litic leptosol (LPq, 27%).
Se concentra en laderas de pendientes medias a pronunciadas, con mayor abundancia en la parte inferior; los suelos son someros (10 a 70 cm de profundidad) y pedregosos, de tipo Regosol calcarico, Litosol y Feozem (Arias, 1989; Ortega, 2004).
[23] showed that aggregate stability results for Vertic Cambisol (10 years of experiment) and Eutric Regosol (11 years of experiment) were significantly different between NT and CT at soil surface.