In alpine areas podzolic, humus and leached soil is most common.
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The surrounding areas are generally hilly, with poor, leached soil.
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Dark Gray soils are transitional between grassland Chernozemic soils and the more strongly leached soils of forested regions.
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There is a combination of highly weathered and leached soils as well as less weathered alluvial soils, categorized as oxisols and ultisols.
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For example, the use of shade trees and fallowing all help preserve soil organic matter, which is a critical factor in the maintenance of soil fertility in the deeply weathered and leached soils common in the Amazon.
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This plateau is about wide and located at an altitude of above sea level . " Terre de Barre " is another name for this region, in use because of the reddish leached soil which is rich in iron.