Planet Earth Soils Soil is a vital part of the natural environment. It is just as important as plants, animals, rocks, landforms, lochs and rivers. It influences the distribution of plant species and provides a habitat for a wide range of organisms. It controls the flow of water and chemical substances between the atmosphere and the earth, and acts as both a source and store for gases (like oxygen and carbon dioxide) in the atmosphere. Soil, together with the plant and animal life it supports, the rock on which it develops, its position in the landscape and the climate it experiences, form an amazingly intricate natural system – more powerful and complex than any machine that man has created.In the absence of soil, plant earth would miss mentioned benefit of soil.Why soil has such beneficial properties? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/livinglandscapes/soils/important.asp
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:35:03 +0000
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