SOIL FORMATION PROCESS

WHAT IT IS.....

5 PROCESSES

LEACHING

ELUVIATION

ILLUVIATION

PODZOLIZATION

GLEYING

WHERE THEY ARE MOST...

• Gleying---> marshy areas
• Illuviation---> near rivers or lakes
• Eluviation---> near rivers or lakes
• Podsolisation---> near upland heaths & moors
• Leaching---> anywhere where water is accessible

CITED SOURCES

• http://absolutepestco.com/category/grass/green-grass/
• http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Flooded_soils
• http://rashidfaridi.com/2011/11/30/podzolization-of-soil/
• https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=illuviation&source=images&cd=&docid...
• https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=leaching+process&source=images&cd=&...

CONTINUED

• http://www.soil-net.com/legacy/advanced/soil_formation4.htm