solonchak
Sign in to savethumb|Solonchak ground thumbnail|280px|Devil's Golf Course, Death Valley National Park, United States Solonchak (Russian and Ukrainian: Солончак) is a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). It is a pale or grey soil type found in arid to subhumid poorly-drained conditions. The word is Russian for "salt marsh", which is in turn from the Russian sol (соль) "salt".
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thumb|Solonchak ground thumbnail|280px|Devil's Golf Course, Death Valley National Park, United States Solonchak (Russian and Ukrainian: Солончак) is a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). It is a pale or grey soil type found in arid to subhumid poorly-drained conditions. The word is Russian for "salt marsh", which is in turn from the Russian sol (соль) "salt".
==See also== Chott Solonetz Takir Salt pan Sor (geomorphology)
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