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How the climate affects the characteristics of the soils that form in tropical rainforests

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Under the influence of high temperature and rainy weather, the weathering in tropical rain forest area is strong, which makes the soil layer very thick, and various processes of soil formation are also very fast and complete
In this environment, excessive rain brings strong leaching, dissolving and taking away almost all soluble minerals, such as potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium and other base, making the soil barren due to the loss of nutrients required by plants
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