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Soils Investigation: Nevada Youth Range Camp
Author
Swanson, Sherman
Fisher, John
Publisher
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Publication Year
2008
Body

This curriculum is used at Nevada Youth Range Camp for teaching high school age campers about soils. The learners investigate differences from coppice dunes to interspaces and then examine a soil profile to learn about horizons and how they can be described. Discussions emphasize relationships to range plants and features of the topography.

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Other
Collection
Keywords
soil morphology
soil profiles
soil properties
educational resources
Landscape morphology
Nevada
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