Different Types of Soil

It is a type of soil that when it is dry, it's hard and when it's wet, it is sticky.

• Clay soil

• Silty soil

• Peaty soil

• Chalky soil

It is an ideal soil for gardening.

• Sandy soil

• Clay soil

• Loamy soil

• Peaty soil

Made up of granules of mineral and rock with large spaces between large spaces between its particles.

• Sandy soil

• Clay soil

• Chalky soil

• Silty soil

Increases the pollution in soil by using fertilizers and pesticides.

• Mining

• Waste disposal

• Agricultural activity

• Acid rain

It pollutes the soil during the storage and transport activity

• Accidental Oil spill

• Acid rain

• Agricultural activity

• Industrial activity

A type of soil that stops the plants from taking up nutrients and drying out very easily.

• Peaty soil

• Chalky soil

• Clay soil

• Silty soil

It is driest and coarsest among the different types of soil

• Silty soil

• Clay soil

• Sandy soil

• Loamy soil

High in organic matter with a large amount of decaying plants.

• Peaty soil

• Chalky soil

• Silty soil

• Loamy soil

It is also known as one of the most fertile soil.

• Loamy soil

• Silty soil

• Chalky soil

• Clay soil

It makes the soil darker in color.

• Decaying matter

• Humus

• Rain

• Oil spill