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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Soil types by clay, silt and sand composition as used by the United States Department of Agriculture Loam (in geology and soil science) is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size > 63 μm), silt (particle size > 2 μm), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size < 2 μm).[citation needed] By weight, its mineral composition is about 40–40–20% concentration of sand, silt and clay, respectively.[1] These proportions can vary to a degree, however, and result in different types of loam soils: sandy loam, silty loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam, silty clay…

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