Aquaculture Engineering

Soil and its properties - Textural classification

Unit 3- Soil and its properties

Soil and its properties

Classification of Soil - Textural classification
Soils occurring in nature are composed of different percentage of sand, silt and clay size particles. Classification of composite soil exclusively based on the particle size distribution is known as textural classification. This classification is based on the percentages of silt, clay and sand sizes making up the soil.