different between kastanozem vs chernozem

English

Noun

kastanozem (plural kastanozems)

1. A kind of soil, brighter than chernozem and related to the mollisols, that is rich in humus and originally covered with early maturing native grassland vegetation, which produces a characteristic brow

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ???????? (?ernozjóm), "black soil". The letter "? (jo)" is usually written as "? (je)" in Russian, more accurately transliterated as "chernozyom"; compare ??????????? (?ernozém?je), where "? (jo)" is changed to "? (je)".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t????(?)n??z?m/

Noun

chernozem (countable and uncountable, plural chernozems)

1. A fertile black soil containing a very high percentage of humus (3% to 15%) and high percentages of phosphoric acids, phosphorus and ammonia.

Synonyms

• black earth

Derived terms

• Chernozemic

Translations

See also

• dark earth
• greyzem
• kastanozem
• phaeozem
• rubrozem
• sierozem
• terra preta

Portuguese

Noun

chernozem m (plural chernozens)

1. chernozem (black-coloured soil containing a high percentage of humus)