page_title: Rendzina
hierarchical_section_title: Rendzina
caption_attribution_description: English: Rendzina soil on the Maastrichtian Chalk in Kozubów Landscape Park, Poland
context_page_description: Rendzina is a soil type recognized in various soil classification systems, including those of Britain and Germany as well as some obsolete systems. They are humus-rich shallow soils that are usually formed from carbonate- or occasionally sulfate-rich parent material. Rendzina soils are often found in karst and mountainous regions.
  The term rendzina originated via Russian from the Polish rędzina, of unknown origin.
  In the World Reference Base for Soil Resources, rendzina soils would be classified as leptosols, chernozems, kastanozems, or phaeozems, depending on their specific characteristics.
context_section_description: Rendzina (or rendsina) is a soil type recognized in various soil classification systems, including those of Britain and Germany as well as some obsolete systems. They are humus-rich shallow soils that are usually formed from carbonate- or occasionally sulfate-rich parent material. Rendzina soils are often found in karst and mountainous regions.
  The term rendzina originated via Russian from the Polish rędzina, of unknown origin.
  In the World Reference Base for Soil Resources, rendzina soils would be classified as leptosols, chernozems, kastanozems, or phaeozems, depending on their specific characteristics.
caption: Rendzina soil on the Maastrichtian Chalk in Kozubów Landscape Park, Poland
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