planosol

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planosol

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Etymology

From plane + -o- + sol.

Noun

planosol (plural planosols)

1. A soil with a light-coloured, coarse-textured surface horizon that shows signs of periodic water stagnation and abruptly overlies a dense, slowly permeable subsoil with significantly more clay than the surface horizon.

Derived terms

• planosolic

Translations

soil type

Finnish: pintavesimaannos