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Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL HORIZONS/PROFILE

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SOIL HORIZONS/PROFILE  

DEFINITION

  • The soil profile is the vertical section of the soil, from the surface through all its horizons, where a horizon is a layer of soil, approximately parallel to the soil surface, differing in properties and characteristics from adjacent layers below and above it.

BROADER CONCEPT

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/1fc22c9d-cf29-4bd7-90b1-b0f6f139fd92

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