Soil texture means proportion by weight of sand, silt, and clay in a soil.
Soil texture means the classification of soil based on its percentage of sand, silt, and clay.
Soil texture means the soil class that describes the relative amount of sand, clay, silt and combinations thereof as defined by the classes of the soil textural triangle developed by the USDA (referenced above).
Examples of Soil texture in a sentence
Soil texture at this site is a sandy loam, roughly 150 cm deep overlying volcanic parent material (Small and McConnell, 2008).
More Definitions of Soil texture
Soil texture means the grain sizes that comprise a soil consisting of three textural classes; sand, silt and clay. Field methods for judging the texture of a soil consist of forming a cast of soil, both dry and moist, in the hand and pressing a ball of moist soil between thumb and finger.
Soil texture means the relative proportions of sand, silt and clay in that portion of the soil which passes through a sieve with two millimeter openings.
Soil texture means the classification of soil based on the percentage of sand, silt, and clay in the soil.
Soil texture means the percent of sand, silt, and clay in a soil mixture. Field methods for judging the texture of a soil are found in Section R317-4-14 Appendix C.
Soil texture means the USDA numerical classification of soil particles two millimeters or less in size and the description of the percent of sand, silt, and clay.
Soil texture means the amount of each soil separate in a soil mixture. Field methods for judging the texture of a soil consist of forming a cast of soil, both dry and moist, in the hand and pressing a ball of moist soil between thumb and finger.
Soil texture means the surface texture of the Silurian bedrock soil map unit.