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English: Calcareous Soil Profile, Seven Sisters Country Park A well defined soil profile on chalk.

The dark organic ricn humus layer can clearly be seen at the top of the profile. below it is a bleached horizon where nutrients have been leached out & below this is a darker reddish layer of redeposition. At the base of the profile is the weathered bedrock (chalk)the unweathered chalk is hidden.

This soil profile is a Rendzina Rendzina
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Source From geograph.org.uk
Author Nigel Chadwick
Camera location50° 46′ 23″ N, 0° 09′ 22″ E  Heading=135° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Object location50° 46′ 22″ N, 0° 09′ 23″ E  Heading=135° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Calcareous Soil Profile, Seven Sisters Country Park

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30 April 2009

50°46'22.58"N, 0°9'21.96"E

heading: 135 degree

50°46'21.90"N, 0°9'23.04"E

heading: 135 degree

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