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soil complex
A kind of map unit used in soil surveys comprised of delineations, each of which shows the size, shape and location of a landscape unit composed of two or more kinds of component soils, or component soils and a miscellaneous area, plus allowable inclusions in either case. The individual bodies of component soils and miscellaneous areas are too small to be delineated at the scale of 1:24 000. Several to numerous bodies of each kind of component soil or the miscellaneous area are apt to occur in each delineation.
- Partie du discours : noun
- Secteur d’activité/Domaine : Sciences terrestres
- Catégorie : Science du sol
- Company: Soil Science Society of America
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Créateur
- Bob Adams
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