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Luvisol soil profile from China, showing a humus-rich surface layer atop a subsurface layer leached of clay and minerals. climate and soil
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Luvisol soil profile from China, showing a humus-rich surface layer atop a subsurface layer leached of clay and minerals.
Luvisol soil profile from China, showing a humus-rich surface layer atop a subsurface layer leached of clay and minerals.

Luvisol

FAO soil group
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Luvisol, one of the 30 soil groups in the classification system of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The mixed mineralogy, high nutrient content, and good drainage of these soils make them suitable for a wide range of agriculture, from grains to orchards to vineyards. Luvisols form on flat or gently sloping landscapes under climatic regimes that range from cool temperate to warm Mediterranean. Occupying just over 5 percent of the total continental land area...

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