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isohumic

isohumic adjective: having the same, or uniform, percentage of humic acid.

Adjective

isohumic (not comparable)

  1. Having the same, or uniform, percentage of humic acid.
    • The zonal distribution of soils developed under continental climates was first reported by Dokuchaev, who established in 1883 a map of isohumic curves, between the boreal and sub-arid zones of European Russia.1996, A. Piccolo, Humic Substances in Terrestrial Ecosystems, →ISBN, page 58
    • Even farther north, subarid isohumic brown soils are present from Gourma to Gao (Mali), and in Niger.2005, Inger Andersen, Katherin George Golitzen, The Niger River Basin: A Vision for Sustainable Management, →ISBN, page 23

Origin of isohumic

From iso- + humic.

Questions about isohumic

What does isohumic mean?
Isohumic means having the same, or uniform, percentage of humic acid.
What part of speech is isohumic?
Isohumic is an adjective.

Words near isohumic in the dictionary

  1. isohexadecane
  2. isohexane
  3. isohexanes
  4. isohume
  5. isohumes
  6. isohumic
  7. isohumulone
  8. isohumulones
  9. isohydric
  10. isohyet
  11. isohyetal

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