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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

soil

Subject Category: P Natural Resources, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Definition: Complex mixture of inorganic minerals (i.e., mostly clay, silt, and sand), decaying organic matter, water, air, and living organisms.
Definition Source: US Environmental Protection Agency
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/63334.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/63334
Broader Term: soil science
Narrower Term: soil air; soil morphological features; soil properties; soil types; soil water
Related Term: direct push technology; geophytes
Spanish: suelo
Term Number: 63334

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