Practice mode Agronomy

What is the accumulation in the B horizon of material transported from the A horizon called?

Correct answer A. Illuviation

Explanation

Illuviation is the deposition in the subsoil of clay, iron, humus or salts that water has washed down from the upper horizon, which itself undergoes eluviation.

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