An explanation for Sub Saharan Africa's relatively poor soils is

A) most of the region's soils are old.
B) soils that are old and the lack of alluvial lowlands.
C) the extensive glaciation of the continent during the last ice age.
D) lack of extensive glaciation and older soils.
E) the lack of alluvial lowlands.


B) soils that are old and the lack of alluvial lowlands.

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