Soil order

Gelisol

Soil with soil permanently frozen (permafrost) near the surface.

What it means for farming

High mountains and Antarctica. No productive use.

Gelisoles on the maps

No soil survey map in the country lists it.

The definitions are a plain-language summary of the USDA Keys to Soil Taxonomy. The formal definition includes thickness, color and percentage thresholds that are left out here.

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