Choose the option that puts the soil types in order from those that form in areas with the most moisture to those that form in areas with the least moisture

A) Aridosols, Alfisols, Spodosols
B) Ultisols, Aridosols, Entisols
C) Alfisols, Vertisols, Gelisols
D) Histosols, Mollisols, Aridosols


Answer: D

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