Chernozem
Soil type; very fertile, black-coloured soil containing a high percentage of humus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chernozem (from Russian: чернозём, romanized: chernozyom, IPA: [tɕɪrnɐˈzʲɵm]; "black ground"),[1][2] also called black soil, regur soil or black cotton soil, is a black-colored soil containing a high percentage of humus[3] (4% to 16%) and high percentages of phosphorus and ammonia compounds.[4] Chernozem is very fertile soil and can produce high agricultural yields with its high moisture-storage capacity.[lower-alpha 1] Chernozems are a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB)
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Chernozem | |
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Chernozemic soil | |
Used in | WRB, other |
WRB code | CH |
Profile | AhBC |
Parent material | Loess |
Climate | Humid continental |
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