3.-Sebastian y Marian

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SOIL By:Sebastian and Marian

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SOIL By:Sebastian and Marian

Types of soil

There are 5 types of soil:

Clay

Sand

Loam

Chalk

Peat

Clay

Its a very fine-grained and smooth and silky at the touch

Sand

Contain less than 10 persent of clay …

Loam

Is a soil composed of sand silt and clay…

Peat

Is an accomulation of partially dicayed vegetation.

Chalk

Is a soft white poruos sedimentary rock

Entisols

Are the defined a soils that do not show…

Characteristics of entisols

The exposed land surface is young due to erosion.

Typical Profile

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C

BW

BW (is not cambic due being to sandy)