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Vertisols
(1) Soil order (type) of the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Classification System. Tropical or sub-tropical soil that has a high clay and base cation status. (2) Soil order (type) of the Canadian System of Soil Classification. This soil has a high clay content and exhibits the effects of extreme contraction-expansion due to temporal changes in soil water content.
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1 2 A: Page 1 of 2.
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