Soil Science: Yellowstone National Park

Soil Science
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Soil Science
A) The chosen site is Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and partly in Montana and Idaho. I chose the park, which is one of the best-known national parks in the US, and there are various hydrothermal features
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8335Hanks family-Como, family, moderately deep-Typic Cryorthents, shallow, complex
“The Hanks series consists of deep, somewhat excessively drained soils that formed in residuum from granitic and related rocks” (USDA-NRCS, 2021). “Hanks soils are on sideslopes, saddles, benches, and ridge crests and have slopes of 5 to 65 percent” (USDA-NRCS, 2021)
Describe the following about your sol
D) The category chosen is soil type 1 hanks, Soi Ttype 2 Como, and soil type 3 typic cryorthents
E) Classification name
8335 Hanks family-Como, family, moderately deep-Typic Cryorthents, shallow, complex
F) Diagnostic features
Horizons of alteration such as weathering products, depth, and structures are some of the diagnostic features that define the soil. The soil is shallow to moderately deep there is depth to the water table of more re than 80 inches, and surface horizons are the typic subgroups.
g) Site and site description
The topography, parent material, and the climate at Yellowstone nationa...