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saline soil [′sā‚lēn ‚sȯil] (geology) A nonalkali, salt-affected soil with a high content of soluble salts, with exchangeable sodium of less than 15, and with a pH value less than 8.5. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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argosols, semiluvisols, caliche soils, arid soils, desert soils, skeletol primitive soils, semihydromorphic soils, hydromorphic soils, saline soils, anthrosols, alpine soils, and ferralisols. The system also improves soil properties as the water trapped in the catchment gradually leaches salt from the saline soil. To reclaim saline soils in some areas, farmers now add between 10 and 50 tons per acre of gypsum, a mineral form of calcium sulfate. |
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