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1666:Measurement
1576:Groundwater
1390:Archaeology
1324:Agroecology
1294:Soil survey
1233:Terra rossa
1228:Terra preta
1208:Spodic soil
1128:Duplex soil
1108:Brown earth
1088:Alkali soil
1078:Rhizosphere
1073:Laimosphere
947:(1974–1998)
904:Inceptisols
811:Plinthosols
776:Kastanozems
606:Soil carbon
529:Soil health
510:Alkali soil
439:Soil topics
364:Main fields
232:5 September
168:Pedometrics
93:soil survey
87:Publication
20:Soil survey
1655:Categories
1566:Vegetation
1309:Soil value
1213:Stagnogley
1163:Lunar soil
1118:Dark earth
1103:Brickearth
1068:Pedosphere
1038:Soil crust
846:Technosols
831:Solonchaks
751:Ferralsols
716:Anthrosols
591:Soil crust
564:Soil color
549:Soil value
451:Pedosphere
376:Edaphology
179:References
56:vegetation
34:Background
28:soil types
1595:Petrichor
1370:Hydrology
1355:Petrology
1299:Soil test
1198:Quicksand
1143:Fill dirt
1083:Bulk soil
929:Vertisols
919:Spodosols
909:Mollisols
899:Histosols
884:Aridisols
856:Vertisols
851:Umbrisols
841:Stagnosol
806:Planosols
801:Phaeozems
781:Leptosols
766:Gypsisols
756:Fluvisols
736:Chernozem
731:Cambisols
726:Calcisols
721:Arenosols
645:Soil type
534:Soil life
91:The term
1671:Pedology
1551:Land use
1544:See also
1400:Agrology
1183:Paleosol
1098:Blue goo
1053:Gypcrust
924:Ultisols
894:Gelisols
889:Entisols
879:Andisols
874:Alfisols
836:Solonetz
826:Retisols
821:Regosols
796:Nitisols
791:Luvisols
786:Lixisols
771:Histosol
761:Gleysols
746:Durisols
741:Cryosols
711:Andosols
701:Acrisols
611:Soil gas
371:Pedology
152:See also
60:land use
1628:
1430:(India)
1345:Geology
1133:Eluvium
1093:Bay mud
1058:Caliche
1048:Hardpan
1043:Claypan
1033:Subsoil
1028:Topsoil
914:Oxisols
816:Podzols
706:Alisols
694:(1998–)
517:Soil pH
350:History
1617:
1243:Yedoma
1178:Muskeg
200:
70:, but
1223:Takir
1158:Loess
355:Index
72:LiDAR
22:, or
1473:(US)
1462:(UK)
1456:(US)
1188:Peat
1023:Loam
1018:Clay
1013:Silt
1008:Sand
446:Soil
234:2019
198:ISBN
135:Uses
79:and
58:and
1173:Mud
81:GPS
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220:.
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317:v
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