| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "B-horizon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1984. (references) |
Specialty Definition: B-horizon
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Mining | The layer of a soil profile in which material leached from the overlying A-horizon is accumulated. Syn: zone of accumulation; zone of illuviation. See also: A-horizon. (references) | ||
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