Geography A-Level
Soil profiles and horizons
What Soil profiles and horizons means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Soil profiles and horizons
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The layers shaped by climate and vegetation that make up a soil, as shown by zonal soils such as Podzols and Chernozems.
Topics that use Soil profiles and horizons
- Environment and population (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Agricultural sustainability
- Climate change
- Environmental degradation
- Human-environment interaction
- Population dynamics
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