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... tropical areas of southern Mexico , lat- eritic soils predominate . Throughout southeastern Mexico , leaching produces infertile reddish or yellow soils high in iron oxides and aluminum hydroxides . The richest soils in the country are ...
... tropical areas of southern Mexico , lat- eritic soils predominate . Throughout southeastern Mexico , leaching produces infertile reddish or yellow soils high in iron oxides and aluminum hydroxides . The richest soils in the country are ...
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... tropical gulf air , which is drawn northward by low pressures developed in the Mississippi River basin as the heart of the continent heats up . This air mass is warm , moist , and unstable ; at its height in late July , it extends two ...
... tropical gulf air , which is drawn northward by low pressures developed in the Mississippi River basin as the heart of the continent heats up . This air mass is warm , moist , and unstable ; at its height in late July , it extends two ...
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... Tropical plantations Mixed tropical farming and cattle Tropical forests Mixed farming of subtropical and warm temperate areas Dairying Agricultural regions of North America . the most of the strong altitudinal zonation by raising sug ...
... Tropical plantations Mixed tropical farming and cattle Tropical forests Mixed farming of subtropical and warm temperate areas Dairying Agricultural regions of North America . the most of the strong altitudinal zonation by raising sug ...
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