Question 4 of 20 : Select the best answer for the question.
4. How do soils become overly saline?
O A. Salt from fertilizer accumulates in the soil
O B. Plains are flooded with seawater during large storms, which evaporates.
O C. Salts accumulate as water evaporates in poorly drained arid fields.
O D. As the climate warms, salts are deposited with acid rain.
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C

Explanation:

When irrigation water containing significant salt content is used—without applying extra water to leach out the salts—accumulation of salts can create a saline soil.

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e) all of the above