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example 4

Inceptic Hapludox

These soils are formed in highly weathered tuff breccia. They have low nutrient status and a high phosphorus-fixing capacity. These soils are well drained and suitable for agricultural production where sufficient inputs are available.
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  Examples:
1. Eutrustox landscape
Hawaii
2. Rhodic Eutrustox
Hawaii
3. Hapludox landscape
central Puerto Rico
4. Inceptic Hapludox
central Puerto Rico
5. Udox landscape
southwestern Nigeria
6. Humic Rhodic Eutrustox
Rwanda
7. Oxisol
structure
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