Which factors influences soil formation
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Five factors of soil formation
Scientists attribute soil formation to the following factors: Parent material, climate, biota (organisms), topography and time.
These factors interact to form more than 1,108 different soil series in Minnesota. The physical, chemical and biological properties of the different soils can have a big effect on how to best manage them.
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Parent material
Climate
Biota (organisms)
Topography
Time
Soil horizons and series
These five soil-forming factors have different influences, causing different soil horizons to form.
Scientists use the differences or similarities of soil horizons to categorize similar soils into soil series. The properties of each soil series influence soil management
Soil master horizons
Soil series
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Climate is a direct factor in soil formation. It determines how temperature and moisture vary and determines the intensity of the weathering processes. Indirectly, climatic factors also govern vegetation growth at the interface of soil, atmosphere and biosphere.
Organisms, including flora and fauna, are not an independent factor in soil formation. Both continuously interact with climate, relief and soil parent material over time. Vegetation delivers organic material for humus formation and a forest regulates the climate of its surrounding.
Relief and topography define the micro-climatic conditions under which soil formation takes place, as well as the proximity of soil to the ground water table. Soils on steep, barren terrain are more prone to erosion than those on plains, or on plant-covered surfaces.
Parent material in the form of rock and sediment builds the initial substrate for soil formation. It defines a soil’s chemical and mineralogical composition and influences soil texture and structure.
Time describes an ongoing factor of soil formation. The intensity and combination of different factors leading to soil formation change over time. Time, therefore, is not always an indicator of the exact age of a soil or the stage of a soil’s development.
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Scientists attribute soil formation to the following factors: Parent material, climate, biota (organisms), topography and time.
These factors interact to form more than 1,108 different soil series in Minnesota. The physical, chemical and biological properties of the different soils can have a big effect on how to best manage them.
The five factors
Open all | Close all
Parent material
Climate
Biota (organisms)
Topography
Time
Soil horizons and series
These five soil-forming factors have different influences, causing different soil horizons to form.
Scientists use the differences or similarities of soil horizons to categorize similar soils into soil series. The properties of each soil series influence soil management
Soil master horizons
Soil series
Sources
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Climate is a direct factor in soil formation. It determines how temperature and moisture vary and determines the intensity of the weathering processes. Indirectly, climatic factors also govern vegetation growth at the interface of soil, atmosphere and biosphere.
Organisms, including flora and fauna, are not an independent factor in soil formation. Both continuously interact with climate, relief and soil parent material over time. Vegetation delivers organic material for humus formation and a forest regulates the climate of its surrounding.
Relief and topography define the micro-climatic conditions under which soil formation takes place, as well as the proximity of soil to the ground water table. Soils on steep, barren terrain are more prone to erosion than those on plains, or on plant-covered surfaces.
Parent material in the form of rock and sediment builds the initial substrate for soil formation. It defines a soil’s chemical and mineralogical composition and influences soil texture and structure.
Time describes an ongoing factor of soil formation. The intensity and combination of different factors leading to soil formation change over time. Time, therefore, is not always an indicator of the exact age of a soil or the stage of a soil’s development.
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Soil minerals form the basis of soil. They are produced from rocks (parent material) through the processes of weathering and natural erosion. Water, wind, temperature change, gravity, chemical interaction, living organisms....
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