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- adjective Resembling or relating to
podzol .
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Examples
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Brown podzolic soils are found on acid Wisconsinan drift, and gray brown podzolic soils occur on alkaline or near-neutral glacial deposits; soils are markedly different than those of Ecoregion 58h.
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Haplorthods (brown podzolic soils) are most common and contain moderately thick forest floor layers with well-developed humus.
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Red yellow podzolic soils cover driftless uplands underlain by gneiss, and red yellow podzols are found on Pre-Wisconsinan drift; soils are markedly different from those of Ecoregion 58i.
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The forested regions of southern Ontario and the temperate rainforests of British Columbia normally have podzolic soils.
Soil 2008
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These occur throughout the sanctuary as either wet or dry, and most appear to be located on, or around, granite intrusions in areas with red-yellow podzolic soil and may be associated with the massive faults or lineaments in the intensely folded geomorphology of this area.
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Large limestone areas occur in northern Sumatra, and they are associated with brown podzolic and renzina soils.
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A wide range of soils is found, the best represented are yellow earth, mountain yellow earth, yellow brown earth, mountain dark brown earth and subalpine podzolic soil.
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The predominant soil type is red-yellow podzolic soils.
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The oldest metamorphic rocks have given rise to moderately deep medium-textured red or yellow loams; granite rocks and acid volcanics to deeper red podzolic soils and xanthozems; and basalts to deep to very deep krasnozems.
Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia 2008
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Large limestone areas occur in northern Sumatra, and they are associated with brown podzolic and renzina soils.
yarb commented on the word podzolic
I became expert in recognising subtle variations in the podzolic soil.
- Romesh Gunesekera, Heaven's Edge, 2003
August 20, 2008