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Term: soil texture classification (soil_texture_class)

One of the 12 soil texture classes use to describe soil texture based on the relative proportion of different grain sizes of mineral particles [sand (50 um to 2 mm), silt (2 um to 50 um), and clay (<2 um)] in a soil

URI: MIXS:0001164

Applicable Checklists and Extensions

NOTE: does not include Combinations (of checklists and extensions) that use soil_texture_class.

Name Description Checklist/Extension
FoodFarmEnvironment A collection of terms appropriate when collecting samples and performing sequ... Extension

Properties

Examples

Value
silty clay loam

LinkML Source

name: soil_texture_class
description: One of the 12 soil texture classes use to describe soil texture based
  on the relative proportion of different grain sizes  of mineral particles [sand
  (50 um to 2 mm), silt (2 um to 50 um), and clay (<2 um)] in a soil
title: soil texture classification
examples:
- value: silty clay loam
from_schema: https://w3id.org/mixs
keywords:
- classification
- soil
- texture
slot_uri: MIXS:0001164
alias: soil_texture_class
domain_of:
- FoodFarmEnvironment
range: SoilTextureClassEnum