Adsorptionanddesorptionofexogenousrareearthelements(REE)insoilswerestudied.ResultsshowedthatsoilshadstrongadsorbabilityforREEandtherateofadsorptionofREEwasover95%oftheaddedREEinthesetests.ThecharacteristicsofadsorptionisothermscorrespondedwellwiththebothFreundlichandTemkinequations,butdeviatedfromtheLangmuirequation.TheadsorptionofREEtendedtoincreasewiththerisingofsoilpH.AsequentialextractionmethodusedforstudingthedesorptionanddistributionofREEsorbedinsoilsarealsodiscussed.