Solonchak (Russian and Ukrainian: Солончак) is a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). It is a pale or grey soil type found in arid to subhumid poorly-drained conditions. The word is Russian for "salt marsh", which is in turn from the Russian sol (соль) "salt".

See also

• Chott

• Solonetz

• Takir

• Salt pan

• Sor (geomorphology)

References

• IUSS Working Group WRB: World Reference Base for Soil Resources, fourth edition. International Union of Soil Sciences, Vienna 2022. (https://wrb.isric.org/files/WRB_fourth_edition_2022-12-18.pdf).

Further reading

• W. Zech, P. Schad, G. Hintermaier-Erhard: Soils of the World. Springer, Berlin 2022, Chapter 8.3.5.

External links

• profile photos (with classification) WRB homepage

• profile photos (with classification) IUSS World of Soils