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How does climate explain the poor soils in the Amazon rain forests?
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Environment: The Science Behind the Stories, Canadian Edition

Environment: The Science Behind the Stories, Canadian Edition


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The climate of the Amazon is characterized by the enormous amount of the region's rainfall and high temperatures. The rains leach minerals and nutrients out of the topsoil and move them quickly down to the water table, out of reach of most plants' roots. High temperatures speed the decomposition of leaf litter and the uptake of nutrients by plants, so the amounts of humus that remain are small, and the topsoil layer remains thin.
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