Background: Precipitation in grasslands is equal to or less than evapotranspiration and causes soil development to operate in relative drought. Leaching and migration of weathering products is therefore decreased. Large amounts of evaporation causes buildup of calcium (Ca) and other large cations flocculate clay minerals and fulvic acids in the upper soil profile. Impermeable clay limits downward percolation of water and fulvic acids, reducing chemical weathering and podzolization. The depth to the maximum concentration of clay increases in areas of increased precipitation and leaching. When leaching is decreased, the Ca precipitates as calcite (CaCO3) in the lower soil levels, a layer known as caliche.

Situation: Monsoon plays a big role in shaping local climates. In some places of the Horn of Africa monsoon causes heavy rainfall. But across the Red Sea the Arabian Peninsula mostly misses the monsoon. As a result, they have minimal rainfall throughout the year.

Question: In which place concentration of clay would be deeper, Horn of Africa or Arabian Peninsula?
Answer: Horn of Africa

Situation: Monsoon plays a big role in shaping local climates. In some places of the Horn of Africa monsoon causes heavy rainfall. But across the Red Sea the Arabian Peninsula mostly misses the monsoon. As a result, they have minimal rainfall throughout the year.

Question: In which place concentration of clay would be shallower, Horn of Africa or Arabian Peninsula?
Answer: Arabian Peninsula

Situation: Monsoon plays a big role in shaping local climates. In some places of the Horn of Africa monsoon causes heavy rainfall. But across the Red Sea the Arabian Peninsula mostly misses the monsoon. As a result, they have minimal rainfall throughout the year.

Question: Would the concentration of clay be deeper or shallower in Horn of Africa than in Arabian Peninsula?
Answer: deeper

Situation: Monsoon plays a big role in shaping local climates. In some places of the Horn of Africa monsoon causes heavy rainfall. But across the Red Sea the Arabian Peninsula mostly misses the monsoon. As a result, they have minimal rainfall throughout the year.

Question: Would the concentration of clay be deeper or shallower  in Arabian Peninsula than in Horn of Africa?
Answer: shallower

Situation: Monsoon plays a big role in shaping local climates. In some places of the Horn of Africa monsoon causes heavy rainfall. But across the Red Sea the Arabian Peninsula mostly misses the monsoon. As a result, they have minimal rainfall throughout the year.

Question: In which place more calcite would precipitate in the lower soil levels, Horn of Africa or Arabian Peninsula?
Answer: Arabian Peninsula

Situation: Monsoon plays a big role in shaping local climates. In some places of the Horn of Africa monsoon causes heavy rainfall. But across the Red Sea the Arabian Peninsula mostly misses the monsoon. As a result, they have minimal rainfall throughout the year.

Question: In which place less calcite would precipitate in the lower soil levels, Horn of Africa or Arabian Peninsula?
Answer: Horn of Africa

Situation: Monsoon plays a big role in shaping local climates. In some places of the Horn of Africa monsoon causes heavy rainfall. But across the Red Sea the Arabian Peninsula mostly misses the monsoon. As a result, they have minimal rainfall throughout the year.

Question: Would less or more calcite precipitate in the lower soil levels in Horn of Africa than in Arabian Peninsula?
Answer: less

Situation: Monsoon plays a big role in shaping local climates. In some places of the Horn of Africa monsoon causes heavy rainfall. But across the Red Sea the Arabian Peninsula mostly misses the monsoon. As a result, they have minimal rainfall throughout the year.

Question: Would less or more calcite precipitate in the lower soil levels in Arabian Peninsula than in Horn of Africa?
Answer: more

Situation: Monsoon plays a big role in shaping local climates. In some places of the Horn of Africa monsoon causes heavy rainfall. But across the Red Sea the Arabian Peninsula mostly misses the monsoon. As a result, they have minimal rainfall throughout the year.

Question: Which place would see less chemical weathering, Horn of Africa or Arabian Peninsula?
Answer: Arabian Peninsula

Situation: Monsoon plays a big role in shaping local climates. In some places of the Horn of Africa monsoon causes heavy rainfall. But across the Red Sea the Arabian Peninsula mostly misses the monsoon. As a result, they have minimal rainfall throughout the year.

Question: Which place would see more chemical weathering, Horn of Africa or Arabian Peninsula?
Answer: Horn of Africa