Types and properties of the soil, Sand soil, Silt soil & Clay soil

The types of the soil are the sand soil, the silt soil and the clay soil

What are the types of soil?

You can see the soil around you, you will notice the different crops which are planted in the different types of soil, The soil can be classified into three different types according to the kind of particles (the components) that form it.

The types of soil are sand soil, silt soil and clay soil.

The sand soil

The sand soil is the soil that rarely contains the humus, and It is composed mainly of sand particles, a small amount of the clay and the silt.

The sand soil is called by this name as it is composed mainly of sand particles.

The sand soil properties 

• The fertility of the sand soil is low.

• It is well-aerated soil that has low absorption of the water.

• The size of its particles is large.

• The colour of the sand soil is yellow.

• It is weekly composed (loose).

• It has the fastest and greatest drainage of the water.

The silt soil

The silt soil is the soil that contains more humus, and it is composed of a mixture of equal amounts of the sand, the gravels, the silt and the clay.

The silt soil properties

• The colour of the silt soil is grey.

• The size of its particles is medium (between the sand soil particles and the clay soil particles.

• It is moderately aerated soil that has medium absorption of the water.

• It is moderately compacted.

• It has high fertility.

• It has a medium drainage of the water.

The clay soil