Lixisol

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Lixisols are a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB).[1] They are soils with subsurface accumulation of low activity clays and high base saturation. They develop under intensive tropical weathering conditions and subhumid to semi-arid climate.[2]

Soil profile of a Lixisol

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