Soil

Soil is loose stuff which lies on top of the land. It has many things in it, like tiny bits of rock, minerals, water and air. Soil also has living things...

Soil science deals with soil as a natural resource on the surface of the earth. It includes soil formation, classification and mapping. But many more sciences...

Soil erosion is the washing or blowing away (by water or wind) of the top layer of soil (dirt). This is a serious problem for farmers. If the soil has...

The Free Soil Party was, for a short duration, a political party in the United States. It was active in the 1848 and 1852 president elections, and in some...

Soil classification means that one finds categories of soils that are based on general characteristics as well as criteria that decide about the use that...

Blood and soil is a concept first developed in the 19th century. It looks at a person's blood, to see where they come from, and who their ancestors were...

Virgin Soil Upturned (Russian: Поднятая целина) is a 1939 Soviet drama movie directed by Yuli Raizman. It stars Gavriil Belov, Sergei Blinnikov, and Mikhail...

Virgin Soil Upturned (Russian: Поднятая целина) is a 1959 Soviet drama movie directed by Aleksandr Ivanov. It stars Pyotr Chernov, Yevgeny Matveyev, and...

water present in a porous substance, such as soil. This term is used in hydrogeology, soil science and soil mechanics. In saturated groundwater aquifers...

Potting soil is also known as potting mix. The main use for potting mix is to give the plant a place for its roots to grow. Many potting mixes contain...

Mud is soil, silt, loam or clay, mixed with water. It is a type of soil that is also called "clay soil". Others include the sandy soil, or sand, and garden...

where natural forces like water, wind, ice, and gravity transport rocks and soil. It is a geological process, and part of the rock cycle. Erosion occurs at...

In geology, permafrost is soil that stays frozen all year. To be called permafrost, soil must stay at or below 0 °C (32 °F) for two or more years. Permafrost...

Silt is soil or rock that developed from granular material of a specific grain size. Silty soil has much smaller particles than sandy soil, so it is smooth...

irrigation. Black soil or alluvial soil is the best for this crop. Sugarcane requires a large amount of water. That is why holding deep soil is required. As...

it is being used for. Soil is composed of minerals and organic matter, as well as living organisms. The organic matter in soil comes from plants and animals...

lines of dirt behind it. Turning the soil buries weeds, brings more nutrients to the top, and loosens the soil. Crops grow better in land that has been...

Mineralogy – minerals Sedimentology – sediments (clays, sands, gravels, soils, etc.) Stratigraphy – layered sedimentary rocks and how they were deposited...

of soil nutrients and erosion of top soil. In Surface irrigation, water from a source such as rivers, pipes, dams, canals e.t.c. floods the soil surface...

which is very bad for the environment. Conserving soil Intercropping also helps to conserve soil. When One crop is harvested and it starts raining the...