Inceptisols are a soil order in

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. They form quickly through alteration of parent material. They are more developed than

Entisols Entisols are soils, as defined under USDA soil taxonomy, that do not show any profile development other than an A-horizon (or “A” horizon). Entisols have no diagnostic horizons, and are unaltered from their parent material, which could ...

. They have no accumulation of clays,

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or organic matter. They have an ochric or umbric horizon and a cambic subsurface horizon. In the

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(WRB), most Inceptisols are Cambisols or Umbrisols. Some may be Nitisols. Many Aquepts belong to Gleysols and Stagnosols.

Suborders

* Aquepts – with a water table close to the surface *

Anthrepts In the USDA soil taxonomy, Anthrepts is a term for soil with evidence of human habitation and farming. See also *Anthrosols in the World Soil Classification. *Inceptisols of which anthrepts are a suborder of. References

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– with a plaggen or

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epipedon, a sign of intense and prolonged human activity * Gelepts – in very cold climates * Cryepts – in cold climates * Udepts – in humid climates * Ustepts – in semiarid and sub-humid climates' * Xerepts – in areas with very dry summers and moist winters

References

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