Question

Defferaintiate between - clayey soil
- silt soil
- sandy soil

Answer 1

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Sandy Soil:

• Particles of sandy soil are bigger in size.
• Due to large size sand particles cannot fit close together and due to this there is enough space among them, these spaces are filled with air.
• Water removes quickly through sandy soil.
• sandy soil is properly aerated, light and dry type of soil.

Clayey Sol:

• size of particles of clay soil commonly found very small .
• Particles of clayey soil packed tightly. There is very Small space among the particles.
• Water does not removed quickly through clayey soil because of small space among particles.
• clayey soil is not properly aerated and retains more water.

Silt
Silt is granular material of a size or range between sand and clay, whose mineral origin is quartz and feldspar. Silt sometime occur as a soil (generally mixed with sand or clay )and soil in a body of water such as a river.

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