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The National Cooperative Soil Survey Program (NCSS) in the United States is a nationwide partnership of federal, regional, state, and local agencies and institutions. This partnership works together to cooperatively investigate, inventory, document, classify, and interpret soils and to disseminate, publish, and promote the use of information about the soils of the United States and its trust ...
World Soil Day [181] December 5 International Mountain Day: December 11 Monkey Day: December 14 Ozone Action Day: Variable date depending weather conditions eDay – Electronic Waste Day: Variable date, in New Zealand World Fish Migration Day: Variable date (next one- 22 May 2022; last one- 24 October 2020)
Myakka soil is the official state soil of Florida, which has more than 1,500,000 acres (6,100 km 2) of land composed partly or entirely of Myakka soils, [1] out of its total acreage of 42,084,928 acres (170,311.66 km 2). This soil is primarily located in broad flatwoods in irregularly shaped areas ranging from 5 to 500 acres in size.
The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) is a widely used mathematical model that describes soil erosion processes. [1]Erosion models play critical roles in soil and water resource conservation and nonpoint source pollution assessments, including: sediment load assessment and inventory, conservation planning and design for sediment control, and for the advancement of scientific understanding.
According to a summary taken from Florida Statutes Ch. 582, the Board's powers include conducting surveys, investigations, research and demonstrational projects relating to soil and water conservation (in areas like irrigation, water quality, and soil erosion).
A soil test is a laboratory or in-situ analysis to determine the chemical, physical or biological characteristics of a soil. Possibly the most widely conducted soil tests are those performed to estimate the plant-available concentrations of nutrients in order to provide fertilizer recommendations in agriculture.
The sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) is an irrigation water quality parameter used in the management of sodium-affected soils.It is an indicator of the suitability of water for use in agricultural irrigation, as determined from the concentrations of the main alkaline and earth alkaline cations present in the water.
A state soil is a soil that has special significance to a particular state. Each state in the United States has selected a state soil, twenty of which have been legislatively established. These official state soils share the same level of distinction as official state flowers and birds .