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Q: Why is the soil so poor in the amazon?
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Is the soil rich or poor in the amazonm rainforest?

there is rich soil in the amazon rainforest.


How are plants that are grown in poor soil likely to differ from plants that are grown in good soil?

Good soil has a lot of good nutrients that your plants need. Poor soil usually lacks nutrients for the plants so the difference is great. Good soil: The leaves will be nice and green, ( if you water it well) Poor soil: they will be yellow Good soil: The produce will have out bursting flavor. Poor soil: It will be tasteless.


Why is the soil so poor on low islands?

not enough fertizers


Why are the desert soils so poor?

The desert had poor soil because the water was sipped. If soil becomes too dry to support life, then it loses that source of organic material. Ecosystems that depend on soil also enrich the soil.


What is bad about road building in the amazon?

In order to build roads, you have to cut down trees -- in the Amazon, this destroys large tracts of land because the soil is so poor that when you tear up any small part, the whole area starts eroding during the rainy season because the tree roots holding down the soil are gone. Also, the Amazon produces the most oxygen on the planet, so tearing down trees is reducing the amount of oxygen we can breathe.


Why is desert soil so poor?

tHE DESERT GETS VERY LITTLE RAIN.


What is the soil type in the Amazon Basin?

The soil type in the amazon basin is thicker then then andean rainforest it contains fertile layers of humus, which has three layers and it's contained in the amazon soil...


What were poor harvests?

Poor harvests is when your crops go bad because of a natural disaster like a flood. So your soil is also poor because of the flood.


Why are the rainforests soils so poor?

Because there is a huge variety of orgainisms,in the soil of the rainforest.


Which state is the soil so poor that 95 percent of the land is used for grazing?

Wyoming


Is Greece's soil fertile?

no. Greece has poor soil


Where is the meeting of the waters?

It is where the Rio Negro and the Amazon River meet. The Amazon has sandy soil and the Rio Negro has black soil.