C horizon
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n.
The third-deepest soil zone in ABC soil, unaltered by weathering and made up of the parent rock from which the two uppermost layers derive as well as other mineral materials.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock
Synonym: C-horizon
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