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FACTORS:
rock type
Residual soils may form in place.
Transported soils may have been transported in.
soil. F O R M AT I O N
FACTORS:
biological activity
decomposers. breakdown the complex organic molecules
of plant matter and animal remains to form simpler inorganic
molecules (soluble in water)
humus. decayed remains of plant and animal life
soil. F O R M AT I O N
FACTORS:
slope
time
soil. H O R I Z O N S
PRO
• deposit of new nutrient-rich sediments
• sediment transportation
wetland
wetland
land is covered by water, either salt, fresh or somewhere in between
marshes and ponds, the edge of a lake or ocean, the delta at the
mouth of a river, low-lying areas that frequently flood
wetland
conditions:
hydrologic condition. water is present in the land surface, or soils in the
root zone must be saturated during the growing season or longer
hydrophytic (water-tolerant) vegetation. plants grow under wet
conditions
hydric soil. poorly drained soil with anaerobic conditions
wetland
functions
• water quality improvement
• floodwater storage
• fish and wildlife habitat
• aesthetics
• biological productivity
wetland
wetland
wetland
wetland
wetland
wetland
wetland
wetland