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Loam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Loam is soil composed of a relatively even mixture of three mineral particle size groups: sand, silt, and clay. |
 | | Loams are gritty, plastic when moist, and retain water easily. |
 | | In addition to the term loam, different names are given to soils with slightly different proportions of sand, silt, and clay: sandy loam, silty loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam, silty clay loam. |
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