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searchaux" style="display:none">Highly Weathered Soil</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Humi-Cumulicalcaric_Regosol_May_Addi_Abagie_Ethiopia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Humi-Cumulicalcaric_Regosol_May_Addi_Abagie_Ethiopia.jpg/220px-Humi-Cumulicalcaric_Regosol_May_Addi_Abagie_Ethiopia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Humi-Cumulicalcaric_Regosol_May_Addi_Abagie_Ethiopia.jpg/330px-Humi-Cumulicalcaric_Regosol_May_Addi_Abagie_Ethiopia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Humi-Cumulicalcaric_Regosol_May_Addi_Abagie_Ethiopia.jpg/440px-Humi-Cumulicalcaric_Regosol_May_Addi_Abagie_Ethiopia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1643" data-file-height="1075" /></a><figcaption>Calcaric Solimovic Regosol (Humic) in <a href="/wiki/Degua_Tembien" class="mw-redirect" title="Degua Tembien">Degua Tembien</a>, Ethiopia</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>Regosol</b> in the <a href="/wiki/World_Reference_Base_for_Soil_Resources" title="World Reference Base for Soil Resources">World Reference Base for Soil Resources</a> (WRB)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is very weakly developed mineral <a href="/wiki/Soil" title="Soil">soil</a> in <a href="/wiki/Soil_consolidation" title="Soil consolidation">unconsolidated</a> materials. Regosols are extensive in <a href="/wiki/Erosion" title="Erosion">eroding lands</a>, in particular in <a href="/wiki/Arid" class="mw-redirect" title="Arid">arid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Semi-arid" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-arid">semi-arid</a> areas and in <a href="/wiki/Mountain" title="Mountain">mountain</a> regions. Internationally, Regosols correlate with soil taxa that are marked by incipient soil formation such as <a href="/wiki/Entisols" class="mw-redirect" title="Entisols">Entisols</a> in the <a href="/wiki/USDA_soil_taxonomy" title="USDA soil taxonomy">USDA soil taxonomy</a> or Rudosols<sup id="cite_ref-soil_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soil-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and possibly some Tenosols<sup id="cite_ref-soil_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soil-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Soil_Classification" title="Australian Soil Classification">Australian Soil Classification</a>. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Regosol.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Regosol.gif/400px-Regosol.gif" decoding="async" width="400" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Regosol.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="351" /></a><figcaption>Distribution of Regosols</figcaption></figure> <p>The group of Regosols is a taxonomic rest group containing all soils that could not be accommodated in any of the other groups. Excluded from the Regosols are weakly developed soils that classify as <a href="/wiki/Leptosols" class="mw-redirect" title="Leptosols">Leptosols</a> (very shallow soils), <a href="/wiki/Arenosols" class="mw-redirect" title="Arenosols">Arenosols</a> (sandy soils) or <a href="/wiki/Fluvisols" class="mw-redirect" title="Fluvisols">Fluvisols</a> (in recent <a href="/wiki/Alluvial" class="mw-redirect" title="Alluvial">alluvial</a> <a href="/wiki/Sediment" title="Sediment">deposits</a>). These soils have AC-<a href="/wiki/Soil_profile" class="mw-redirect" title="Soil profile">profiles</a>. Profile development is minimal as a consequence of young age and/or slow <a href="/wiki/Soil_formation" title="Soil formation">soil formation</a>. </p><p>Land use and management of Regosols vary widely. Some Regosols are used for capital-intensive <a href="/wiki/Irrigation" title="Irrigation">irrigated</a> <a href="/wiki/Farming" class="mw-redirect" title="Farming">farming</a> but the most common land use is low volume <a href="/wiki/Grazing" title="Grazing">grazing</a>. Regosols in mountain areas are best left under <a href="/wiki/Forest" title="Forest">forest</a>. </p><p>Regosols occur in all <a href="/wiki/Climate_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate zone">climate zones</a> without <a href="/wiki/Permafrost" title="Permafrost">permafrost</a> and at all elevations. Regosols are particularly common in arid areas, in the <a href="/wiki/Dry_tropics" class="mw-redirect" title="Dry tropics">dry tropics</a> and in mountain regions. </p><p>Regosols cover an estimated 260 million hectares worldwide, mainly in arid areas in the mid-western United States, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Africa">Northern Africa</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Near_East" title="Near East">Near East</a> and Australia. 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International Union of Soil Sciences, Vienna.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=World+Reference+Base+for+Soil+Resources%2C+fourth+edition&rft.pub=International+Union+of+Soil+Sciences%2C+Vienna&rft.date=2022&rft.au=IUSS+Working+Group+WRB&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwrb.isric.org%2Ffiles%2FWRB_fourth_edition_2022-12-18.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARegosol" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-soil-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-soil_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-soil_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.clw.csiro.au/aclep/asc_re_on_line/ru/rudosols.htm">"Australian Soil Classification - Rudosols"</a>. CSIRO<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 February</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Australian+Soil+Classification+-+Rudosols&rft.pub=CSIRO&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clw.csiro.au%2Faclep%2Fasc_re_on_line%2Fru%2Frudosols.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARegosol" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regosol&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>W. Zech, P. Schad, G. Hintermaier-Erhard: Soils of the World. 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title="List of vineyard soil types">List of vineyard soil types</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-systematic soil types</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sand" title="Sand">Sand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silt" title="Silt">Silt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay" title="Clay">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loam" title="Loam">Loam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topsoil" title="Topsoil">Topsoil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subsoil" title="Subsoil">Subsoil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soil_crust" title="Soil crust">Soil crust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claypan" title="Claypan">Claypan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardpan" title="Hardpan">Hardpan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gypcrust" title="Gypcrust">Gypcrust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caliche" title="Caliche">Caliche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parent_material" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Eluvium" title="Eluvium">Eluvium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expansive_clay" title="Expansive clay">Expansive clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fill_dirt" title="Fill dirt">Fill dirt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuller%27s_earth" title="Fuller's earth">Fuller's earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrophobic_soil" title="Hydrophobic soil">Hydrophobic soil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loess" title="Loess">Loess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_soil" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunar soil">Lunar soil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martian_soil" class="mw-redirect" title="Martian soil">Martian soil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mud" title="Mud">Mud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muskeg" title="Muskeg">Muskeg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paleosol" title="Paleosol">Paleosol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peat" title="Peat">Peat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_farmland" title="Prime farmland">Prime farmland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quicksand" title="Quicksand">Quicksand</a></li> 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