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  • adjective Resembling or relating to podzol.

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Examples

  • •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.

    Ecoregions of New Jersey (EPA) 2009

  • Haplorthods (brown podzolic soils) are most common and contain moderately thick forest floor layers with well-developed humus.

    Puget lowland forests 2009

  • 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.

    Ecoregions of New Jersey (EPA) 2009

  • The forested regions of southern Ontario and the temperate rainforests of British Columbia normally have podzolic soils.

    Soil 2008

  • 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.

    Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand 2008

  • Large limestone areas occur in northern Sumatra, and they are associated with brown podzolic and renzina soils.

    Sumatran montane rain forests 2008

  • 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.

    Mount Emei and Leshan Giant Buddha, China 2008

  • The predominant soil type is red-yellow podzolic soils.

    Sri Lanka montane rain forests 2008

  • 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

  • Large limestone areas occur in northern Sumatra, and they are associated with brown podzolic and renzina soils.

    Sumatran lowland rain forests 2008

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  • I became expert in recognising subtle variations in the podzolic soil.

    - Romesh Gunesekera, Heaven's Edge, 2003

    August 20, 2008