How are soils formed? What processes go into soil formation, and what components are critical for soil formation? How long does it take soil to form, on average?

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Kody Gray

Geography

16 December, 08:35

How are soils formed? What processes go into soil formation, and what components are critical for soil formation? How long does it take soil to form, on average?

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Elaina Navarro · Answer 1

Soil minerals and the patent materials.

Explanation:

Climate, organisms and the relief features, the parent rocks along with the time is responsible for the formation of the soil and the process of the physical the mechanism weatherings responsible of the formation of the soils such as the winds and water and the temperature disintegration of the rocks and the gravity are the main elements in the formation of the soils. And it tasks about 200 to 400 years for the formation of 1 cm of soil. While he soil to get fertile takes about 3000 years.