Question

What is silt? It is fertile or not?

Answer 1

Silt is granular material of a size between sand and clay, whose mineral origin is quartz and feldspar. Silt may occur as a soil (often mixed with sand or clay) or as sediment mixed in suspension with water (also known as a suspended load) and soil in a body of water such as a river.

Answer 2

• The intermediate particles, that are neither very rough nor too smooth are termed silt.