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Continuously water-logged soils are disadvantageous for plant growth. Why?
Important Questions on Soil
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Note: Sand, clay, gravel and silt are the soil particles. Sandy soil allows the maximum percolation and clay allows the minimum percolation.
\n\nHumus, minerals and water are required for the growth of the plants.
\n\nWeathering is the breaking down of the rocks and minerals of the earth surface while erosion is process of transferring this breaking materials of earth surface by natural sources like rain, wind, ice, temperature, etc.
\n\nProfile or the soil profile is vertical section or layers of the soil arranged vertically. Each layer differs in texture, colour, depth and chemical composition. These layers are known as horizon.
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