MOST COMMON TYPES OF SOIL

Loam Soil Clay Sand Silt

Loam is a mixture of
several different Clay particles are the Sand consists of Silt is a sediment
kinds of soils. It finest of all the soil particles of weathered material with an
contains nutrients for particles. Particles rock. It is the most intermediate size
stick together readily extensively used between sand and clay.
plants to grow construction material.
strong. Loam soil and form a sticky or Carried by water
gluey texture when They are the most during a flood, it
allows water to drain prominent type of soil
evenly. wet or dry. particles, where each
forms a fertile deposit
on the valleys floor.
particle is visible.