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What soil material containing more than 40 percent clay less than 45 percent sand and less than 40 percent silt is called?
fertile material
What are three facts about silt?
three facts about silt are that one is that silt is a type of ,two is that there is more then one type of silt in the word ,and silt is rough.
How are minerals formed in the soil?
weather rock, gravel ,sand, silt, clay .these are obtained from the parent material the rock from which the soil is derived
What is the difference between cohesive and non cohesive soil?
Cohesive soil: A sticky soil, such as clay or silt; its shear strength equals about half its unconfined compressive strength. Non-cohesive soil: loose, sandy material which does not bond together very well. Therefore, cohesive soil is a better foundation than that of non-cohesive.
What does silt soil have?
it has silt and soil
Where is the Shire Horse Foundation in Silt Colorado located?
The address of the Shire Horse Foundation is: Po Box 957, Silt, CO 81652-0957
What do you call solid material washed away upstream and deposited downstream?
Silt
What is the material carried by rivers to the ocean is called?
Silt and Sediment.
What is it called when material is carried down hill into a river?
silt
How do you use the word silt in a sentence?
---defined: Silt is a granular material of a grain size between sand and clay derived from soil or rock. Silt may occur as soil or as suspended sediment in a body of water. Silt may also exist as soil deposited at the bottom of a body of water. There is much silt at the bottom of most lakes. ---- sentence example: The silt in the water left me with a feeling of isolation as the murky darkness enclosed around us.
Use silt in a sentence?
Meaning: A sedimentary material consisting of very fine particles intermediate in size between sand and clay. Sentence: The water leaves Kingfisher pond over a specially constructed silt trap.
When the river overflows it's banks it deposits material called?
Silt
How can you use silt in a sentence?
The silt compacted to form a sedimentary rock.
What is a list of the 3 particles of soil from largest to smallest?
clay, sand, and silt make up inorganic material in soil
What is a material on the bottom of a stream?
Silt is one type of material found on the bottom of a stream. Silt is fine and can be carried along in moving water, but is heavyier than water, so settles out of the water as it slows. It can be organic or mineral.
What does a river leave behind when it floods?
Topsoil, sand, silt, organic debris, and other assorted material.
What is a french word that is a ridge of sediment gravel silt and other material?
The French word for a ridge of sediment, gravel, silt, and other materials is "alluvion."
