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Question : The ash-grey soils of high-latitude coniferous forests a known as :

Option 1: Tundra soils 

Option 2: Podsols

Option 3: Grey-Brown soils

Option 4: Red and Yellow soils 


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Correct Answer: Podsols


Solution : The correct answer is Podsols.

Podsols is an infertile soil. It is acidic in nature and is found in coniferous and boreal forest. It is of ash grey colour and lacks most of the important plant nutrients because of leaching. Although it is rich in humus. In India it is found in Sub-altitude Himalayas.

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