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What are the various types of soils ? Describe each of them briefly.​


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Answer 1

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Soil is classified into four types:

1) Sandy soil- They are the largest type of soil particles, where each particle is visible to naked eye. The large, relatively stable sand-particle size increases soil aeration, improves drainage in tight soils and creates plant-growth supporting qualities, or tilt.

2) Silt Soil-Silt is a non-plastic or low plasticity material due to its fineness. Due to its fineness, when wet it becomes a smooth mud that you can form easily into balls or other shapes in your hand and when silt soil is very wet, it blends seamlessly with water to form fine, runny puddles of mud.

3) Clay Soil-It consists of microscopic and sub-microscopic particles derived from the chemical decomposition of rocks. Clay is a fine grained cohesive soil. They stick together readily and form a sticky or gluey texture when they are wet or dry.

4) Loamy Soil-Loam is a mixture of clay, sand and silt and benefits from the qualities of these 3 different textures, favouring water retention, air circulation, drainage and fertility. These soils are fertile, easy to work with and provide good drainage. Depending on their predominant composition they can be either sandy or clay loam.

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Answer 2

Answer:

There are 6 types of soils.

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$\huge \rm \underline \red{Sandy \: soil}</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><em>[tex] \huge \rm \underline \red{Sandy \: soil}$

Sandy Soil is light, warm, dry and tend to be acidic and low in nutrients. Sandy soils are often known as light soils due to their high proportion of sand and little clay (clay weighs more than sand).

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$\huge \rm \underline \red{Clay \: Soil}$

Clay Soil is a heavy soil type that benefits from high nutrients. Clay soils remain wet and cold in winter and dry out in summer.

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$\huge \rm \underline \red{Silt \: Soil}$

Silt Soil is a light and moisture retentive soil type with a high fertility rating.

As silt soils compromise of medium sized particles they are well drained and hold moisture well.

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$\huge \rm \underline \red{Peat \: Soil}$

Peat soil is high in organic matter and retains a large amount of moisture.

This type of soil is very rarely found in a garden and often imported into a garden to provide an optimum soil base for planting.

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$\huge \rm \underline \red{Loam \: Soil}$

Loam soil is a mixture of sand, silt and clay that are combined to avoid the negative effects of each type.

These soils are fertile, easy to work with and provide good drainage. Depending on their predominant composition they can be either sandy or clay loam.

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$\huge \rm \underline \red{Chalk \: Soil}</p><p></p><p>$

Chalk soil can be either light or heavy but always highly alkaline due to the calcium carbonate or lime within its structure.

As these soils are alkaline they will not support the growth of ericaceous plants that require acidic soils to grow.