Soil horizons and Kenyan soil profiles
Agriculture · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
How to read a soil pit horizon by horizon, how profiles form, and what typical Kenyan profiles mean for crops.
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- 9 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
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- Soil water
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