Entisol
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.6|Entisols of the world upright=1.6|thumb|Entisols of stabilized sand dunes often fall into the Psamment soil suborder. thumb|upright=1.6|Much of the fertile agricultural soils of the Nile valley in Egypt are Entisols developed on alluvial materials (soil suborders Fluvent and Aquent)
Key facts
- Soil.name
- Entisol
- Soil.image
- Entisol profile.jpg
- Soil.image_size
- 200px
- Soil.image_caption
- Entisol profile showing little or no evidence of pedogenic horizon development
- Soil.classification_system
- USDA soil taxonomy
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
5 sectionsContents
- Causes of delayed or absent development
- Suborders
- Paleopedology
- See also
- References
thumb|upright=1.6|Entisols of the world upright=1.6|thumb|Entisols of stabilized sand dunes often fall into the Psamment soil suborder. thumb|upright=1.6|Much of the fertile agricultural soils of the Nile valley in Egypt are Entisols developed on alluvial materials (soil suborders Fluvent and Aquent)
Entisols are soils, as defined under USDA soil taxonomy, that do not show any profile development other than an A-horizon (or “A” horizon). Entisols have no diagnostic horizons, and are unaltered from their parent material, which could be unconsolidated sediment, or rock. Entisols are the most common soils, occupying about 16% of the global ice-free land area.