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SOIL HORIZON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A layer in a soil profile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("soil horizon" is a kind of...):
horizon (a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land)
Instance hyponyms:
A-horizon; A horizon (the top layer of a soil profile; usually contains humus)
B-horizon; B horizon (immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils)
C-horizon; C horizon (beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock)
Holonyms ("soil horizon" is a part of...):
profile (a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers)
