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Describe how laterisation occurs.

      

Describe how laterisation occurs.

  

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Kavungya
During wet season, mineral salts in the top layers of soils dissolves rain water. The dissolved minerals percolates
downwards to lower layers. The dissolved minerals are deposited further downwards to he
lower layers. Insoluble minerals e.g. iron and alluminium are left on the upper layers to form a curst
of laterite soils.
Kavungya answered the question on November 14, 2022 at 11:56


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