A Cambisol is a young soil. Pedogenic processes are evident from color development and/or structure formation below the surface horizon.
Cambisols occur in a wide variety of environments around the world (15M km2 global coverage) and under all kinds of vegetation. Cambiols in the international classifications are referred to as brown soil, Braunerde (Germany), Sols bruns (France) or Brunizems (Russia). The USDA Soil Taxonomy classifies Cambisols as Inceptisols.
Soil types in the Calcisol Reference Soil Group account for the most widespread soils in Europe, covering more then a quarter of its territory. Cambisols can be found nearly all regions of the EU.