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orthents
Entisols that have either textures of very fine sand or finer in the fine earth fraction, or textures of loamy fine sand or coarser and a coarse fragment content of 35% or more and that have an organic carbon content that decreases regularly with depth. Orthents are not saturated with water for periods long enough to limit their use for most crops.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Earth science
- Category: Soil science
- Company: Soil Science Society of America
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Creator
- Bob Adams
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