Presence of cambic horizon is a feature of
A. Entisol
B. Inceptisol
C. Spodosol
D. Aridisol
Answer: Option B
Solution(By Examveda Team)
Cambic horizons are subsurface soil layers of pedogenic change without appreciable illuviated material. It always has less carbonate than an underlying horizon with calcium carbonate accumulation.The presence of a cambic horizon is a feature of Inceptisol.
Inceptisol is a soil order formed quickly through alteration of the parent material. They have an ochric or umbric horizon and a cambic subsurface horizon.
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