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How do you define "soil"?

Soil Defined

"Soil" means different things to different people. Soil scientists use it to mean unconsolidated granular material that has enough organic matter in it to support plant growth. Engineers use it to mean earth material that can be bulldozed away, without having to use dynamite.

Geologists use the term either way.

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