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Understanding Soil Texture Triangle

The soil texture triangle is used to determine the name of a soil's texture based on its percentages of sand, silt, or clay. There are 12 soil textural classes represented on the triangle to ensure terms like "clay" or "loam" always have consistent meanings. The triangle provides the specific percentages of sand, silt, or clay that correspond to each soil texture class.

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Understanding Soil Texture Triangle

The soil texture triangle is used to determine the name of a soil's texture based on its percentages of sand, silt, or clay. There are 12 soil textural classes represented on the triangle to ensure terms like "clay" or "loam" always have consistent meanings. The triangle provides the specific percentages of sand, silt, or clay that correspond to each soil texture class.

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Soil Texture Triangle

The soil texture triangle is used to determine the name of the soil
texture. There are 12 soil textural classes. This triangle is used so terms
like “clay” or “loam” always have the same meaning. Each texture
corresponds to specific percentages of sand, silt, or clay.

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