Geography

Concepts to cover

1. Zonal, intrazonal and azonal soils; pedalfer and pedocal
2. Laterite and tropical rainforest soils: heavy leaching, rapid decomposition, low nutrient store
3. Chernozem, prairie and steppe soils
4. Podzol of the taiga and tundra soils; permafrost
5. Desert (aridisol) and Mediterranean terra rossa soils