Which long-term outcome occurs when soil's clay content limits percolation?

💡 Explanation

Increased lateral soil eluviation of soil horizons subsequently occurs, because clay impedes vertical water flow during intense chemical weathering. The increased pressure then promotes higher rates of lateral transport, therefore eluviation increases, rather than vertical percolation, which would deepen groundwater.

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