intrazonal soil
(geology) A group of soils with well-developed characteristics that reflect the dominant influence of some local factor of relief, parent material, or age over the usual effect of vegetation and climate.
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(geology) A group of soils with well-developed characteristics that reflect the dominant influence of some local factor of relief, parent material, or age over the usual effect of vegetation and climate.
A soil affected more by local factors than by climate, unlike a zonal soil. Thus, waterlogging gives rise to gley soils and a parent rock of pure calcium carbonate will produce a rendzina.
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