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Soil types

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In terms of soil texture, soil type usually refers to the different sizes of mineral particles in a particular sample. Soil is made up in part of finely ground rock particles, grouped according to size as sand and silt in addition to clay and humus, organic material such as decomposed plant matter. (Wikipedia)

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Entities	Anthropogenic soils Chemical soil types Climatic soil types Cultural soil types Ecological soil types Genetic soil types Layered soils Lithological soil types Mineralogical soil types Palaeosolic soil types Physiographic soil types Textural soil types	Soil chemistry

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