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Lerok [7]
2 years ago
9

Soil composition and horizons vary depending on climate.

Geography
2 answers:
Stolb23 [73]2 years ago
6 0
True or False? I say True if that's the kind of question it is.
dybincka [34]2 years ago
4 0
The answer is A. this is true
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