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SOILS AND LAND USE

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Pattern of Soils and Land Use

The environmental conditions that control soil formation tend also to govern the kinds of land use. Thus a close relationship between soils and land use arises, not only from the characteristics inherent in the soils themselves, but also from the joint environmental factors, such as climate or topography.


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