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Soil texture

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005944

The relative proportions of the three individual particle size classes (i.e., sand, silt and clay) in a soil.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005944
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesSchwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoSoil physical properties; Clay fraction; Textural soil types; Sediment texture; Sand fraction; Silt fraction; Soil structure
TranslationsSpanish: textura del suelo
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005944",
  "term": "Soil texture",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The relative proportions of the three individual particle size classes (i.e., sand, silt and clay) in a soil.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "soil physical properties",
    "clay fraction",
    "textural soil types",
    "sediment texture",
    "sand fraction",
    "silt fraction",
    "soil structure"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "textura del suelo"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/soil-texture/"
}

Record 5,854 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.