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Soil

Soil, also commonly referred to as earth, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, water, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms. Some scientific definitions distinguish dirt from soil by restricting the former term specifically to displaced soil.

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Functions

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Composition

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Soil moisture

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Functions

Composition

Formation

Physical properties

Soil moisture

Soil gas

Solid phase (soil matrix)

Soil biodiversity

Chemistry

Nutrients

Soil organic matter

Horizons

Classification

Uses

Degradation

Reclamation

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Soil

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Edges663
Triples302
Avg. degree2
Density0.003012
Components1

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Soil

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related to Studies of soil fertility · 28
Soil → Agriculture, Awwam's, BCE, But, CE, Columella's Of, During, Europe, European Middle Ages, French, French Revolution, From, He, His, Le Théâtre, Middle Ages, Middle East, North Africa, Olivier, Roman Empire
related to Studies of soil formation · 24
Soil → After, Anfangsgründe, At, Bodenkunde, Contemporary, Due, Eugene, Fallou's, First, Friedrich Albert Fallou, German, He, Hilgard, His, However, In, Konstantin Glinka, Mississippi, Russia, Russian
related to Soil gas · 20
Soil → Adequate, Aerated, At, Atmospheric CO2, Biogenic, Calcareous, CH4, CO2, In, It, Movement, N2, N2O, NO, NO3, Oxygen, Platy, The, These, This
related to Nutrients · 19
Soil → Although, Ca, Cl, Cu, Except, Fe, For, However, In, Mg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Nutrients, Plant, Seventeen, The, They, Zn
related to Classification · 17
Soil → Agriculture, American, European, In, It, Natural Resource Conversation Service, One, Russian, Since, Soil Resources, Soil Survey Staff, Soil Taxonomy, The World Reference Base, This, United States, United States Department, Vasily Dokuchaev
related to Reclamation · 15
Soil → Cost Reduction Operating Principles, Farmers, For, However, In, International Water Management Institute, IWMI, Khon Kaen University, Many, Other, Scientists, Soils, Supplementing, Thailand, Thailand's Central Plains
related to Erosion · 13
Soil → American, Canadian, China, Erosion, From, Historically, Improved, Loess Plateau, More, The, These, Yangtze River, Yellow River
related to Formation · 13
Soil → An, As, Basaltic, Crevasses, Earth, Goldich, However, Mars, Such, The, These, This, Under
related to Horizons · 12
Soil → After, By, Fossil, No, Organisms, Sampling, Some, The, They, This, Those, Upper
related to Contamination · 10
Soil → An, China, Derelict, Exceeding, Many, Microfibres, Monitored Natural Attenuation, Remediation, Sources, Techniques

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Soilcausesthe formation of distinctive soil horizons0.90text
Soilis acomplex three-state system of solids0.90text
Soilis aproduct of several factors0.90text
Soilis amajor component of the Earth's ecosystem0.90text
Soilis amain or the sole habitat for many soil organisms0.90text
Soilis aextremely important carbon sink since about 570.90text
Soilis aresult of evolution from more ancient geological materials under the action of biotic and abiotic processes0.90text
in their textureinstance ofThese differ in one or more properties0.80text
structureinstance ofThese differ in one or more properties0.80text
densityinstance ofThese differ in one or more properties0.80text
porosityinstance ofThese differ in one or more properties0.80text
consistencyinstance ofThese differ in one or more properties0.80text

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