What does "cambisol" mean?

A kind of soil that is beginning to form, characterized by weak, mostly brownish discolouration and/or structure formation in the soil profile, and developed in medium and fine-textured materials derived from a wide range of rocks.

What is a synonym for "cambisol"?

Common synonyms include: argosol.

Cambisol

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A kind of soil that is beginning to form, characterized by weak, mostly brownish discolouration and/or structure formation in the soil profile, and developed in medium and fine-textured materials derived from a wide range of rocks.

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argosol

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