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Choose the characteristic that is true about Laterite soil.
Topic: Laterite soil
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Answer
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(d) It undergoes desilication..
Explanation
Heavy tropical rain leaches the silica out of laterite (desilication), leaving it rich in iron and aluminium oxides; it is coarse, porous and poor in bases.
In words
It undergoes desilication..
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