SOIL PROPERTIES

SOIL PROPERTIES

What is this component?

Fundamental component of the environment

Constituted by:

- Minerals

- Air

- Water

- Organic matter

- Macro and micro-organisms

Are

Fundamental part in the balance of ecosystems

That is

Works as a filter by retaining substances and protects the water

And also

Transforms organic compounds by breaking them down

Is

Thin layer between the atmosphere and the earth

are classified in

- coarse texture - fine texture

as for rocks

- Igneous rocks

- Sedimentary rocks

- Metamorphic rocks

3 Types

The soil comes from the bedrock

processes that transform the original material

The soil has formed slowly over the centuries

With

disintegration of surface rocks

per share

- water

- wind

- temperature

Also

exchange nutrients and water with the roots

influential factors

-precipitation (rocks)

-temperature (weather action)

Until

give it morphology and proper properties

that is to say

rocks are the most important material

parent material

In

soil formation

Recognize

the ground is not only the surface

it forms

soil profile

-young soils

-mature soils

-old floors

time

as trainer

as to:

its acidity

is associated with:

-hydrogen

-oxygen

a better soil

soil quality

is the

soil capacity

for

sustain productivity

PH

7,4-5,5 N

acid

alkaline

higher rainfall

presence of aluminum

less rainfall

from the ph soil development is determined

Degradation

is

degenerative process

Causes

-Natural

-Antropegenic