Concept information
Preferred term
SOILS
Definition
- The range of dynamic natural bodies composed of mineral and organic materials and living forms in which plants grow. (en)
Broader concept
- LAND SURFACE (en)
Narrower concepts
- CALCIUM (en)
- CARBON (en)
- CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY (en)
- DENITRIFICATION RATE (en)
- ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY (en)
- HEAVY METALS (en)
- HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY (en)
- IRON (en)
- MACROFAUNA (en)
- MAGNESIUM (en)
- MICROFAUNA (en)
- MICROFLORA (en)
- MICRONUTRIENTS/TRACE ELEMENTS (en)
- NITROGEN (en)
- ORGANIC MATTER (en)
- PERMAFROST (en)
- PHOSPHORUS (en)
- POTASSIUM (en)
- RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION (en)
- SOIL ABSORPTION (en)
- SOIL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY (en)
- SOIL BULK DENSITY (en)
- SOIL CHEMISTRY (en)
- SOIL CLASSIFICATION (en)
- SOIL COLOR (en)
- SOIL COMPACTION (en)
- SOIL CONSISTENCE (en)
- SOIL DEPTH (en)
- SOIL EROSION (en)
- SOIL FERTILITY (en)
- SOIL GAS/AIR (en)
- SOIL HEAT BUDGET (en)
- SOIL HORIZONS/PROFILE (en)
- SOIL IMPEDANCE (en)
- SOIL INFILTRATION (en)
- SOIL MECHANICS (en)
- SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT (en)
- SOIL PH (en)
- SOIL PLASTICITY (en)
- SOIL POROSITY (en)
- SOIL PRODUCTIVITY (en)
- SOIL RESPIRATION (en)
- SOIL ROOTING DEPTH (en)
- SOIL SALINITY/SOIL SODICITY (en)
- SOIL STRUCTURE (en)
- SOIL TEMPERATURE (en)
- SOIL TEXTURE (en)
- SOIL WATER HOLDING CAPACITY (en)
- SULFUR (en)
- THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY (en)
Change note
- 2017-03-10 09:01:54.0 [tstevens] update Definition (The range of dynamic natural bodies composed of mineral and organic materials and living forms in which plants grow.); update Definition (The Nature and Properties of Soils, Prentice Hall, 1996. );
- 2020-05-13 09:37:58.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add narrower relation (SOILS [3526afb8-0dc9-43c7-8ad4-f34f250a1e91,83537] - IRON [ae575305-340d-474b-99a7-22b537f10ec8,560109]);
- 2020-05-15 09:28:20.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add narrower relation (SOILS [3526afb8-0dc9-43c7-8ad4-f34f250a1e91,83537] - SOIL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY [df5ff39e-b49f-4517-afc0-1842a1a6fdc7,560133]);
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/3526afb8-0dc9-43c7-8ad4-f34f250a1e91
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