Tropical rain forests tend to have a lot of humus, but the soil in those biomes retain little of it because of leaching. What is leaching?

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Leaching is the draining of water from soil or other material by percolating (water passing through a filter) liquid.

Dave Dopson answered Sep 1, 2018

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