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Umbrisol

Soils having an umbric horizon (deep, brownish or blackish surface horizon with a significant accumulation of organic matter and low base saturation). They have no diagnostic horizons other than an anthropedogenic horizon less than 50 cm thick, or an albic or cambic horizon

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Distribution of UMBRISOLS

UMBRISOLS distribution map

Umbrisols occur mainly in regions where precipitation exceeds considerably the evapotranspiration. They are dominantly associated with acid parent materials.

Eutric Humic Umbrisol, Mexico
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