solonchak
{{Short description|Type of pale or grey soil}}
{{For|the rural locality|Solonchak, Astrakhan Oblast}}
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Solonchak (Russian and Ukrainian: Солончак) is a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). It is a pale or grey soil type found in arid to subhumid poorly-drained conditions. The word is Russian for "salt marsh", which is in turn from the Russian sol (соль) "salt".
See also
References
- IUSS Working Group WRB: World Reference Base for Soil Resources, fourth edition. International Union of Soil Sciences, Vienna 2022. {{ISBN|979-8-9862451-1-9}} ([https://wrb.isric.org/files/WRB_fourth_edition_2022-12-18.pdf]).
Further reading
- W. Zech, P. Schad, G. Hintermaier-Erhard: Soils of the World. Springer, Berlin 2022, Chapter 8.3.5. {{ISBN|978-3-540-30460-9}}
External links
- [https://wrb.isric.org/picture-gallery/ profile photos (with classification)] WRB homepage
- [https://www.iuss.org/index.php?article_id=73|title=IUSS profile photos (with classification)] IUSS World of Soils
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