Soils

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Soil=mixture of minerals and living things

Common soil type in Ireland=brown earth soils

Soil is a natural resource

5 Ingredients=mineral matter,humus,organisms,water,air

Leaching=When the ground becomes waterlogged and the nutrients in the water are washed down through the horizons resulting in a hardpan forming

Hardpan=nutrients gather together and form impermeable barrier

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Created by: jordan.eustace · May 2013
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