Gelisol
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Key facts
- Soil.name
- Gelisol
- Soil.image
- Gelisol profile.jpg
- Soil.image_size
- 250px
- Soil.image_caption
- A gelisol profile
- Soil.classification_system
- USDA soil taxonomy
- Soil.profile
- OAC
- Soil.process
- cryoturbation
- Soil.parent_material
- peat, other
- Soil.climate
- subarctic, tundra
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- Further reading
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thumb|upright=1.6|Gelisols of the world thumb|upright=1.6|Tundra#arctic|Arctic Tundras are the typical environment for the formation of gelisols thumb|upright=1.6|Other gelisols are observed in Tundra#alpine|Alpine Tundras
Gelisols are an order in USDA soil taxonomy. They are soils of very cold climates which are defined as containing permafrost within of the soil surface.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gelisol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.