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Six types of soil on the basis of texture

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Answered by sambhab75
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Alluvial
clayey
loamy
black
Answered by manofsteel4535
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Soil texture

Texture is how something feels. You can often judge texture by the look of a material. Some materials have a coarse texture, while others are fine to the touch.


Consider the clothes you are wearing right now. Do they all have the same feel? It’s most likely some will have a smooth feel while others will be much rougher or coarser to the touch.


Soil texture is much the same. There are soils with coarse or rough texture and there are those with fine, smooth texture.


Soil texture is due to the size of the particles that make it up. There are three main types of soil particle:


sand, with coarser or larger particles

silt, with medium sized particles

clay, with the finest or smallest particles.

The table below shows you the actual size of some of these particles.


Soil particle sizes

Soil types are often named after the proportions of these particles they contain. For instance, sandy soils are made up mainly of sand particles.


Silty soils are made up mainly of silt particles. Clay soils are made up mainly of clay particles.

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