Which soil horizon thinning results when excessive irrigation causes widespread leaching?

💡 Explanation

The A horizon, containing humus and nutrients, thins due to eluviation because irrigation water dissolves and carries these mobile constituents downward during leaching, therefore the topsoil is depleted, rather than deeper layers.

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