The four major NRCS soil orders which are classified on the basis of soil forming factors unrelated to climate, such as slope, drainage, or maturity are:

a. Oxisols, Mollisols, Ultisols, and Vertisols.
b. Entisols, Histosols, Inceptisols, and Andisols.
c. Alfisols, Spodosols, Oxisols, and Histosols.
d. Vertisols, Ultisols, Spodosols, and Mollisols.


B

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