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Soil survey, or soil mapping, is the process of classifying soil types and other soil properties in a given area and geo-encoding such information.

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Soil survey

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Soil survey, or soil mapping, is the process of classifying soil types and other soil properties in a given area and geo-encoding such information. Soil...

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Soil

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plants and soil organisms. Some scientific definitions distinguish dirt from soil by restricting the former term specifically to displaced soil. Soil consists...

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Soil science

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more refined understanding of soil. Soil survey, or soil mapping, is the process of classifying soil types and other soil properties in a given area and...

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Survey

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navigation of vessels Soil survey, the mapping of the properties and varieties of soil in a given area British Geological Survey, a body which carries...

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Soil classification

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inference about soil genesis. In soil survey, as practiced in the United States, soil classification usually means criteria based on soil morphology in...

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Soil pH

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Soil pH is a measure of the acidity or basicity (alkalinity) of a soil. Soil pH is a key characteristic that can be used to make informative analysis both...

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Soil horizon

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A soil horizon is a layer parallel to the soil surface whose physical, chemical and biological characteristics differ from the layers above and beneath...

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USDA soil taxonomy

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USDA soil taxonomy (ST) developed by the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Cooperative Soil Survey provides an elaborate classification...

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Soil type

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A soil type is a taxonomic unit in soil science. All soils that share a certain set of well-defined properties form a distinctive soil type. Soil type...

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Soil structure

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In geotechnical engineering, soil structure describes the arrangement of the solid parts of the soil and of the pore space located between them. It is...

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Soil texture

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Soil texture is a classification instrument used both in the field and laboratory to determine soil classes based on their physical texture. Soil texture...

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Natural Resources Conservation Service

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been agricultural lands, it has made many technical contributions to soil surveying, classification, and water quality improvement. One example is the Conservation...

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Soil color

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Soil color is often the most visually apparent property of soil. While color itself does not influence the behavior or practical use of soils, it does...

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Alluvium

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Cambridge University Press. Ames, Dan (1998), "Formation of the Soils" (PDF), Soil Survey of Jerome County and Part of Twin Falls County, Idaho, Natural...

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Soil map

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the area of interest. It is typically the result of a soil survey inventory, i.e. soil survey. Soil maps are most commonly used for land evaluation, spatial...

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Loam

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Loam (in geology and soil science) is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size > 63 micrometres (0.0025 in)), silt (particle size > 2 micrometres (7...

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Hydric soil

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Washington, D.C. 869 pp. Soil Survey Staff. 1994. National Soil Survey Handbook. USDA Soil Conservation Service, Washington, D.C. Hydric Soils Technical Note 1:...

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Soil morphology

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of soil are typically performed in the field on a soil profile containing multiple horizons. Along with soil formation and soil classification, soil morphology...

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National Cooperative Soil Survey

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The National Cooperative Soil Survey Program (NCSS) in the United States is a nationwide partnership of federal, regional, state, and local agencies and...

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National College of Agricultural Engineering

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site, joining the college, in 1987. As the survey joined Silsoe, so it changed its name to the 'Soil Survey and Land Research Centre' (SSLRC), led by Professor...

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FAO soil classification

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the FAO soil units 1974 FAO Revised Legend 1988 Archived 2020-01-09 at the Wayback Machine A Compendium of On-Line Soil Survey Information: Soil Classification...

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Soil contamination

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Soil contamination, soil pollution, or land pollution as a part of land degradation is caused by the presence of xenobiotic (human-made) chemicals or other...

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Topsoil

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upper layer of soil. It has the highest concentration of organic matter and microorganisms and is where most of the Earth's biological soil activity occurs...

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History of soil science

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and nature of soils summarized the late 19th century geological concept of soils. Early soil surveys were made to help farmers locate soils responsive to...

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Soil Resource Development Institute

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working as a statutory organization that carries out research on soil and surveys on soil quality to improve agriculture in Bangladesh and is located in...

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Subaqueous soil

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definition of soil according to criteria in Soil Taxonomy has been moving soil scientists into a new frontier of soil survey – mapping subaqueous soils. The National...

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Alluvial plain

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Landform and Geologic Terms" (PDF). National Soil Survey Handbook—Part 629. National Cooperative Soil Survey. April 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Mississippi...

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Ridge

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straightforward system that is used by the USA National Cooperative Soil Survey Program to classify ridges and other landforms. This system uses the...

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PH

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Retrieved 4 November 2018. Soil Survey Division Staff. "Soil survey manual.1993. Chapter 3, selected chemical properties". Soil Conservation Service. U.S...

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