Virginia is a four-season state. August days can be - on the average - hot and humid, while January days can be cold and dry. The warmth in the air in early Spring, and the chill in the air in the Fall, feel different from other seasons. That's the climate pattern.
A hydric soil is a soil that is saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part. 1  This definition can be broken up into three component parts: 2  The soil is saturated, flooded or ponded. Saturated conditions are often the result of a high water table.
Different kinds of soils form in different climates. The soil that forms. in a hot, wet climate is different from the soil of a cold, dry climate. Climate also influences the characteristics and thickness of the soil. that develops from weathered rock. Tropical, desert, temperate, and. arctic soils are four types of soil that form in different climate regions.