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Question
What are the various factors governing the formation of soil? Which one is the most important and why?
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Solution
The factors influencing the formation of soils are the parent rock, topography, vegetation, climate, and time span. Out of these climates is the most important because it controls the type of weathering the first step of the soil formation process.
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