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Rivers and streams may bury materials, including contaminants. When a river confined in
a valley comes to an open plane its velocity will decrease and the material it is carrying
will be deposited. This gives rise to
FIGURE 2.9
A soil profile, knife at the bottom of the A horizon. The very dark
material at the bottom (below white line) is buried material.
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