What are the Different Types of Soil?
Soil is a broad term for the loose covering of earth that spreads across the planet. It is the result of the breaking up of rocks into constituent parts, which are then worked upon by a myriad of forces, including chemical interactions with salts and the physical workings of wind and water. Soil as a whole entity contains examples of three states of matter: the soil itself is solid, and both air and liquid exist in the pore spaces between individual particles of soil. There are many different types of soil on the planet, as every soil has a different composition of minerals and organics, and every soil has been subjected to different environmental constraints. There are six main types of soil usually discussed in agriculture and basic soil science, distinguished by the size of the particle matter that makes up the soil. One of the types of soil, and the type with the largest particles, is sandy soil. Sandy soil is usually made up of granules of mineral and rock, and it has quite a bit
