Question

Diffrentiate between sandy loamy and clayey soil

Answer 1

Answer:Water does not drain quickly through clayey soil because of less space among particles. ... Loamy Soil: Particles of loamy soil are smaller than sand and larger than clay. Loamy soil is the mixture of sandy soil, clayey soil and silt. Silt is the deposit in river beds.

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Answer 2

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(a) If the soil contains greater proportion of big particles, it is called sandy soil. A sandy soil has the highest proportion of sand particles and the lowest proportions of silt and clay (within the fine earth fraction)   [b] If the soil contains about the same proportions of large and fine particles, then it is called loamy soil. and the loam soil has the most even distribution of sand, silt, and clay particles.