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274    16. CONTINENTAL 1CHNOLOGY: FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES AND CONTROLS ON TRACĘ FOSS1L DISTRJJ8UT10JS

FIGURĘ 16.4 Soil-forming factors (modified from Hole, 1981; Hasiotis, 2000). Diagram deptets the relationship of the five soil-forming factors, of which time is constant and topography, climate, biodiversity, and parent materiał are variable. The resultant fabric is a soil body that is constantly modified by the factors, of which biota play a major role by actively modifying the soil body.    ™