Know about soil texture

1. What is texture of soil ?
2. What are textural classes of soil ?
3. What are the component used to make top soil ?

1. What is texture of soil ?

    Soil texture is the composition of Sand, silt and clay size particles. where clay particles are small in size ,silt particles are medium and sand particles are large in size. Classification of soil is also done on the basis of soil texture. There are two method of classification of soil. One is simple by rubbing with two finger and another is done in scientific way in lab with the help of different instrument. The obtain information are plotted in soil textural triangle. After reading these the obtain results from triangle we can classify the the soil texture.

                 Soil textural triangle

2. What are textural classes of soil ?

Some classes of soil are listed below:

• Sand
• Loamy sand
• Sandy loam
• Sandy clay loam
• Sandy clay
• Clay
• Clay loam
• Loam
• Silt loam
• Silt
• Silty clay loam
• Silt clay        

3. What are the component used to make top soil ?

Some components which are use to make top soil are listed below:

• Organic matter
• Inorganic matter
• Water
• Air
• Minerals

Top soil are full of humus and good for growing any crops.The formation of top soil may take place due to soil erosion or by the decomposition of sedimentary sands.

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