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150:. Aridisols (from the Latin
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380:World Reference Base
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923:Terra rossa
918:Terra preta
898:Spodic soil
818:Duplex soil
798:Brown earth
778:Alkali soil
768:Rhizosphere
763:Laimosphere
637:(1974–1998)
594:Inceptisols
501:Plinthosols
466:Kastanozems
323:"Aridisols"
304:"Aridisols"
262:"Aridisols"
217:Pedogenesis
115:soil carbon
111:Key process
51:introducing
962:Categories
903:Stagnogley
853:Lunar soil
808:Dark earth
793:Brickearth
758:Pedosphere
728:Soil crust
536:Technosols
521:Solonchaks
441:Ferralsols
406:Anthrosols
333:2006-05-14
314:2006-05-14
272:2006-05-14
248:References
200:Solonchaks
34:references
888:Quicksand
833:Fill dirt
773:Bulk soil
619:Vertisols
609:Spodosols
599:Mollisols
589:Histosols
574:Aridisols
546:Vertisols
541:Umbrisols
531:Stagnosol
496:Planosols
491:Phaeozems
471:Leptosols
456:Gypsisols
446:Fluvisols
426:Chernozem
421:Cambisols
416:Calcisols
411:Arenosols
237:Soil type
192:Gypsisols
188:Calcisols
140:Aridisols
132:semi-arid
118:oxidation
59:July 2013
968:Pedology
873:Paleosol
788:Blue goo
743:Gypcrust
614:Ultisols
584:Gelisols
579:Entisols
569:Andisols
564:Alfisols
526:Solonetz
516:Retisols
511:Regosols
486:Nitisols
481:Luvisols
476:Lixisols
461:Histosol
451:Gleysols
436:Durisols
431:Cryosols
401:Andosols
391:Acrisols
266:Archived
222:Pedology
206:See also
196:Durisols
173:cemented
84:Aridisol
16:Dry soil
823:Eluvium
783:Bay mud
748:Caliche
738:Hardpan
733:Claypan
723:Subsoil
718:Topsoil
604:Oxisols
506:Podzols
396:Alisols
384:(1998–)
182:In the
168:subsoil
124:Climate
101:Used in
47:improve
933:Yedoma
868:Muskeg
242:Calcid
152:aridus
128:desert
36:, but
913:Takir
848:Loess
291:(PDF)
156:solum
878:Peat
713:Loam
708:Clay
703:Silt
698:Sand
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