Ajay Kumar at 05:30, 23 August 2023

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{{Short description|Young, poorly developed soils}}
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|image_caption=Inceptisol profile
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'''Inceptisols''' are a soil order in [[USDA soil taxonomy]]. They form quickly through alteration of parent material. They are more developed than [[Entisols]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Inceptisols |publisher=[[Michigan State University]] |url=http://geo.msu.edu/extra/geogmich/inceptisols.html}}</ref> They have no accumulation of clays, [[iron oxide]], [[aluminium oxide]] or organic matter. They have an ochric or [[umbric horizon]] and a cambic subsurface horizon.

In the [[World Reference Base for Soil Resources]] (WRB), most Inceptisols are [[Cambisol]]s or [[Umbrisol]]s. Some may be [[Nitisol]]s. Many Aquepts belong to [[Gleysol]]s and [[Stagnosol]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.fao.org/3/i3794en/I3794en.pdf|title = World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2014, Update 2015|author=IUSS Working Group WRB|year = 2015|publisher = World Soil Resources Reports 106, FAO, Rome}}</ref>

==Suborders==

*[[Aquepts]] – with a water table close to the surface
*[[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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* {{cite web| url =https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051232.pdf| title =Inceptisols| publisher =USDA-NRCS| access-date =2014-11-06| archive-date =2021-07-19| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20210719184918/https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051232.pdf| url-status =dead}}
* {{cite web|url=http://grunwald.ifas.ufl.edu/Nat_resources/soil_orders/inceptisols.htm |title=Inceptisols |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=2006-05-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040918225129/http://grunwald.ifas.ufl.edu/Nat_resources/soil_orders/inceptisols.htm |archive-date=September 18, 2004 }}
* {{cite web| url =http://soils.ag.uidaho.edu/soilorders/inceptisols.htm| title =Inceptisols| publisher =University of Idaho| access-date =2006-05-14| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060901063709/http://soils.ag.uidaho.edu/soilorders/inceptisols.htm| archive-date =2006-09-01| url-status =dead}}

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[[Category:United States Department of Agriculture]]
[[Category:Pedology]]
[[Category:Types of soil]]

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Ajay Kumar at 05:30, 23 August 2023