Solonchak ( Russian and Ukrainian: Солончак) is a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). It is a pale or grey soil type found in arid to subhumid poorly-drained conditions. The word is Russian for " salt marsh", which is in turn from the Russian sol (соль) " salt". The Ukrainian folk word "солончак", which in turn from Ukrainian "salty" (солоний) + "чак"—suffix; designation of an object that has the property. A village with the name Solonchaky exists in Ukraine.

See also

• Chott
• Solonetz
• Takir
• Salt pan
• Sor (geomorphology)

References

• IUSS Working Group WRB: World Reference Base for Soil Resources, fourth edition. International Union of Soil Sciences, Vienna 2022. ISBN  979-8-9862451-1-9 ( [1]).

Further reading

• W. Zech, P. Schad, G. Hintermaier-Erhard: Soils of the World. Springer, Berlin 2022, Chapter 8.3.5. ISBN  978-3-540-30460-9

External links

• profile photos (with classification) WRB homepage
• profile photos (with classification) IUSS World of Soils