Soil texture

This is an interactive graph which shows how different soils have differing compositions of sand, silt and clay.

Soil type

% of sand sized particles

% of silt sized particles

% of clay sized particles

Sandy loam

75

14

11

Loam

32

45

23

Clay loam

34

39

27

Silt loam

5

82

13

Clay soil

10

45

45

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