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Geography • Physical GeographyHard

Which of the following soil orders represents organic soils commonly found in water-saturated environments such as bogs and fens?

A. Oxisols
B. Histosols✓ Correct Answer
C. Vertisols
D. Spodosols

💡 Solution & Explanation

Histosols represent an official soil order characterized by thick accumulations of decomposing organic matter that form under water-saturated conditions in wetlands, bogs, and fens. Oxisols are heavily weathered tropical soils rich in iron and aluminum oxides, whereas vertisols contain high shrinking-swelling clay content.

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