Definitions for rendzina
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1. rendzinanoun

   A dark soil that sometimes develops under grass on limestone and chalk.

2. Etymology: From rędzina.

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1. Rendzina

   Rendzina (or rendsina) is a soil type recognized in various soil classification systems, including those of Britain and Germany as well as some obsolete systems. They are humus-rich shallow soils that are usually formed from carbonate- or occasionally sulfate-rich parent material. Rendzina soils are often found in karst and mountainous regions. The term rendzina originated via Russian from the Polish rędzina, of unknown origin.In the World Reference Base for Soil Resources, rendzina soils would be classified as leptosols, chernozems, kastanozems, or phaeozems, depending on their specific characteristics.

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1. Rendzina

   Rendzina is a dark, grayish-brown, humus-rich, intrazonal soil. It is one of the soils most closely associated with the bedrock type and an example of initial stages of soil development. It is usually formed by weathering of soft rock types: usually carbonate rocks but occasionally sulfate rocks. This is one of the most interesting of the soil names; it originates from a Polish colloquial word "rzędzić", which means "to chat": the soil of this type contains a significant amount of gravel and stones, which, during plowing, produce various sound effects, i.e., "talk" to the ploughman. The term is used for a class of shallow soils over chalk, limestone, or extremely calcareous unconsolidated material in which the topsoil is calcareous., i.e., it contains free calcium carbonate, which gives a fizz if dilute acid is dripped onto a soil sample. This makes for a very distinctive soil. The rendzinas in Wales, UK, for example constitute a simple A-C profile, a dark calcareous topsoil immediately over shattered limestone. Because the soils are shallow and stony, there is much semi-natural vegetation to be found in these areas. The plant communities are distinctive, with much scrub and calcareous grassland, often with unusual or even rare species.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rendzina in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rendzina in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rendzina
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendzina
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=rendzina