Soil Types & Terms

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Across
  1. 1. Largest soil particle/ingredient
  2. 5. Soil with permafrost
  3. 7. distinct layers of soil
  4. 9. Rainforest soil
  5. 11. Only one horizon,moderately developed, in the BWCA
  6. 12. One of the oldest forest soil, highly leached with lots of precipitation
  7. 13. Recent soil, new and underdeveloped
  8. 15. Desert soil
  9. 17. Number of soil orders in the world
Down
  1. 2. Volcanic soils
  2. 3. prairie soil rich in organic matter
  3. 4. Forest(hardwoods) soil with clay and a ph of 6-7
  4. 6. vertical section of soil that shows layers
  5. 7. Organic soils like bogs and swamps
  6. 8. Clay-rich soil that shrinks and swells with water
  7. 10. Smallest soil particle/ingredient
  8. 14. Forest soil that is relatively infertile, sandy for conifers
  9. 16. how a soil feels