Question : The ash-grey soils of high-latitude coniferous forests a known as :
Option 1: Tundra soils
Option 2: Podsols
Option 3: Grey-Brown soils
Option 4: Red and Yellow soils
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Correct Answer: Podsols
Solution : The correct answer is Podsols.
Podsols is an infertile soil. It is acidic in nature and is found in coniferous and boreal forest. It is of ash grey colour and lacks most of the important plant nutrients because of leaching. Although it is rich in humus. In India it is found in Sub-altitude Himalayas.
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