Explain: 1. Stratification. 2. Leaching. - Vidyadip

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Explain:

Stratification.
Leaching.

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Stratification: It is the venical distribution of different species occupying different levels in an ecosystem, e.g. trees occupy top vertical strata or layer of a forest, shrubs the second and herbs and grasses occupy the bonom (third) layers.
Leaching: It is the process by which water-soluble inorganic nutrients go down into the soil horizon and get precipitated as unavailable salts.

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