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• marl go
  a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite
  
• regosol go
  a type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand
  
• residual soil, residual clay go
  the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved
  
• topsoil, surface soil go
  the layer of soil on the surface
  
• subsoil, undersoil go
  the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock
  
• alluvial soil go
  a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds
  
• bog soil go
  poorly drained soils on top of peat and under marsh or swamp vegetation
  
• clay go
  a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
  
• clunch go
  hardened clay
  
• desert soil, desertic soil go
  a type of soil that develops in arid climates
  
• caliche, hardpan go
  crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
  
• fuller's earth go
  an absorbent soil resembling clay
  
• gilgai soil go
  soil in the melon holes of Australia
  
• gumbo, gumbo soil go
  any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
  
• humus go
  partially decomposed organic matter
  
• indurated clay go
  hardened clay
  
• Indian red go
  a red soil containing ferric oxide
  
• laterite go
  a red soil produced by rock decay
  
• loam go
  a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
  
• loess go
  a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind
  
• mold, mould go
  loose soil rich in organic matter
  
• clay, mud go
  water soaked soil
  
• bole go
  a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)
  
• podzol, podzol soil, podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil go
  a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation
  
• prairie soil go
  a type of soil occurring under grasses in temperate climates
  
• sand go
  a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
  
• sedimentary clay go
  clay soil formed by sedimentary deposits
  
• silt go
  mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
  
• till, boulder clay go
  unstratified soil deposited by a glacier
  
• tundra soil go
  a black mucky soil with a frozen subsoil that is characteristic of Arctic and subarctic regions
  
• wiesenboden go
  a dark meadow soil rich in organic material