Albeluvisols

Soils having an argic horizon (a subsurface horizon with distinct higher clay content than the overlying horizon) within 100 cm from the soil surface. The argic horizon has an irregular upper boundary resulting from "albeluvic tonguing".

Albeluvisols occur mainly in the moist and cool temperate regions (dominantly regions with a cool continental climate), particularly in Eastern Europe and central USA/Canada. 

“Albeluvic tonguing” : remnants of the argic horizon (lower part) embedded in whitish (“albic”) material (upper part) 

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