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Question
How are the different kinds of soils in Temperate zones formed?
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Solution
The kinds of temperate zone soils may be classified as follows.
Name :
- Podzol
- Cheronozems region
- Brown and Grey soils
- Chestnut soils
Region :
- Cool and cold coniferous forest
- Grassy steppes and semi-arid lands
- Deciduous forest region of high and middle latitudes
- Arid margins of steppes.
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