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Base saturation

The percentage of a soil’s cation exchange sites occupied by basic cations such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium.

Related terms

  • Cation exchange

    The process by which cations in soil solution are swapped with those held on negatively charged soil particles like clay and organic matter.