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Understanding Soil Basics

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Understanding Soil Basics

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Table of contents
01 02
What is soil Soil profile

03 04
Soil formation Layers of soil
01
What is
soil
Introduction
Soil can be defined as a
thin layer of loose
mixture of organic and
inorganic materials on
the uppermost layer of
the earth
02
Soil profile
Soil profile
Soil can be defined like
the soils fingerprint.it
differs from sample to
sample.each layer of
the soil profile ia also
known as the soil
horizens.these
horizens are identified
03
Soil formation
Soil formation
soil formation is a
very slow process.it
begins with the
weathering of rocks
into smaller
fragmenents
Factors involved in soil
formation
04
Layers of the
soil
Layers/
horizons
Each horizon is different
from each other based on
their physical features such
as colour texture etc…

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