Page 633 - Geosystems An Introduction to Physical Geography 4th Canadian Edition

(a) Marine Regosol in Atlantic Canada—note the absence of a B horizon.
(b) Fertile farm fields on marine Regosol landscape.
▲Figure 18.22 Regosolic order. [Photos (a) to (d) Courtesy of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/ images/at/index.html. Repro- duced with the permission of
the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2012; (e) Thematic Soil Maps of Canada: Regosolic Order, atlas .agr.gc.ca/agmaf/index_eng .html#context=soil-sol_en.xml,
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ©, 2010. Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, 2012.]
Yellowknife
Whitehorse
Victoria
0 Kilometres
Iqaluit
500
(c) Alluvial Regosol.
Edmonton Regina
Winnipeg
St. John’s
Charlottetown Fredericton
(e) Distribution of the Regosolic order in Canada.
Chapter 18 The Geography of Soils 597
(d) Alluvial Regosolic landscape where streams and creeks deposit the sediments that create this fertile soil.
Regosolic Order Map of Canada
Regosolic Order
Queébec OTTAWA
Toronto
Halifax