soil

Summary

soil ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,290 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• soil is a type of granular material^[2].
• soil is a type of heterogeneous mixture^[3].
• soil is a type of natural system^[4].
• soil is a type of organic matter^[5].
• soil is a type of building material^[6].
• soil is part of pedosphere^[7].
• soil is part of landscape sphere^[8].
• soil is part of clay^[9].
• soil is part of field^[10].
• soil's Commons category is recorded as Soils^[11].
• soil's said to be the same as is recorded as Pinnas^[12].
• soil's said to be the same as is recorded as Q12822739^[13].
• soil is the opposite of rock^[14].
• soil's color is recorded as brown^[15].
• soil comprises soil horizon^[16].
• soil comprises soil life^[17].
• soil comprises soil gas^[18].
• soil comprises soil moisture^[19].
• soil comprises sediment^[20].
• soil comprises soil water^[21].
• soil's has cause is recorded as pedogenesis^[22].
• soil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Soil^[23].
• soil's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• soil's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• soil's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include granular material^[2], heterogeneous mixture^[3], natural system^[4], organic matter^[5], and building material^[6]. soil is the opposite of rock^[14].

Use and Application

Components include soil horizon^[16]; soil life^[17]; soil gas^[18]; soil moisture^[19], a property^[27]; sediment^[20]; and soil water^[21]. Part of include pedosphere^[7], a geographic envelope^[28]; landscape sphere^[8]; clay^[9], a type of material^[29]; and field^[10].

Influence

Things named for soil include Earth^[30], an inner planet of the Solar System^[31], founded in -4540000000^[32]; Adam in Islam^[33], a prophet of Islam^[34]; and Tokoname^[35], a city of Japan^[36], in Japan^[37], founded in 1954^[38].

Why It Matters

soil ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,290 views/month).^[1] soil has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] soil is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for soil include Earth^[30], an inner planet of the Solar System^[31], founded in -4540000000^[32]; Adam in Islam^[33], a prophet of Islam^[34]; and Tokoname^[35], a city of Japan^[36], in Japan^[37], founded in 1954^[38].