Solonchak
Solonchak (Russian and Ukrainian: Солончак) is a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB).It is a pale or grey soil type found in arid to subhumid poorly-drained conditions.The word is Russian for "salt marsh", which is in turn from the Russian sol (соль) "salt".The Ukrainian folk word "солончак", which in turn from Ukrainian "salty" (солоний) + "чак"—suffix; designation of an object that has the property.A village with the name Solonchaky exists in Ukraine.
Solonchak, Astrakhan OblastRussianUkrainianWorld Reference Base for Soil Resourcessalt marshUkraineSolonetzSalt panSor (geomorphology)Soil classificationAcrisolsAlisolsAndosolsAnthrosolsArenosolsCalcisolsCambisolsChernozemCryosolsDurisolsFerralsolsFluvisolsGleysolsGypsisolsHistosolKastanozemsLeptosolsLixisolsLuvisolsNitisolsPhaeozemsPlanosolsPlinthosolsPodzolsRegosolsRetisolsStagnosolTechnosolsUmbrisolsVertisolsUSDA soil taxonomyAlfisolsAndisolsAridisolsEntisolsGelisolsHistosolsInceptisolsMollisolsOxisolsSpodosolsUltisolsFAO soil classificationUnified Soil Classification SystemAASHTO Soil Classification SystemRéférentiel pédologiqueCanadian system of soil classificationAustralian Soil ClassificationPolish Soil Classification1938 USDA soil taxonomyList of U.S. state soilsList of vineyard soil typesTopsoilSubsoilSoil crustClaypanHardpanGypcrustCalicheParent materialPedosphereLaimosphereRhizosphereBulk soilAlkali soilBay mudBlue gooBrickearthBrown earthCalcareous grasslandDark earthDry quicksandDuplex soilEluviumExpansive clayFill dirtFuller's earthHydrophobic soilLunar soilMartian soilMuskegPaleosolPrime farmlandQuicksandSerpentine soilSpodic soilStagnogleySubaqueous soilTerra pretaTerra rossaTropical peatYedoma