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Soil order characterized by excess of weathering with dominant iron and aluminium oxide clays, common in tropics is_________?
Correct answer: D. Oxisols
- A. Alfisols
- B. Mollisols
- C. Entisols
- D. Oxisols
Explanation
Oxisols are intensely weathered tropical soils dominated by iron and aluminium oxides, with very little weatherable primary mineral material remaining. Alfisols retain more active clay and have a higher base status.
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