The very fine-sized, clay mineral particles move downward from the E to the B-horizon of some soils. What is this process called?

What will be an ideal response?


eluviation

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A) have mild winters. B) are found in only one small area in the United States. C) are most extensive in Asia. D) are cooler than subtropical deserts.

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What is the most important type of internal migration?

A) cost-benefit migration B) lowlands to highlands C) refugee migration D) rural-urban migration E) split-market labor theory

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The process whereby streams lengthen their channels upstream is called

A) headwater erosion. B) channel incision. C) stream piracy. D) saltation.

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