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  2. Digestate - Wikipedia

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    The primary use of digestate is as a soil conditioner. [5] Acidogenic digestate provides moisture retention and organic content for soils. This organic material can break down further, aerobically in soil. Methanogenic digestate provides nutrients for plant growth. It can also be used to protect soils against erosion.

  3. Anaerobic digestion - Wikipedia

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    Digestate typically contains elements, such as lignin, that cannot be broken down by the anaerobic microorganisms. Also, the digestate may contain ammonia that is phytotoxic, and may hamper the growth of plants if it is used as a soil-improving material. For these two reasons, a maturation or composting stage may be employed after digestion.

  4. Khadir and Bangar - Wikipedia

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    In any doab, khadar land (green) lies next to a river, while bangur land (olive) has greater elevation and lies further from the river. Khādir or Khadar and Bangar, Bāngur or Bhangar (Hindi language: खादर और बांगर, Urdu languageکهادر اور بانگر) are terms used in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi in the Indo-Gangetic plains of North India and Pakistan to ...

  5. Edaphology - Wikipedia

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    In terms of soil chemistry, it places particular emphasis on plant nutrients of importance to farming and horticulture, especially with regard to soil fertility and fertilizer components. Physical edaphology is strongly associated with crop irrigation and drainage. Soil husbandry is a strong tradition within agricultural soil science.

  6. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala from Urdu, to refer to flavoured spices of Indian origin.

  7. Turbah - Wikipedia

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    'place of prostration', also used in Urdu), is a small piece of soil or clay, often a clay tablet, used during salat (Arabic: صلاة, lit. 'Islamic daily prayers') to symbolize earth . [ 1 ] The use of a turbah is recommended ( Arabic : مُسْتَحَبّ , romanized : mustahabb , lit.

  8. Sabkha - Wikipedia

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    Sabkha is a phonetic transliteration of the Arabic word sabaka used to describe any form of salt flat, including salt marshes and salt swamps. A sabkha is also known as a sabkhah, sebkha, or coastal sabkha. [5]

  9. Vertisol - Wikipedia

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    A vertisol is a Soil Order in the USDA soil taxonomy [1] and a Reference Soil Group in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). [2] It is also defined in many other soil classification systems. In the Australian Soil Classification it is called vertosol. [3] The natural vegetation of vertisols is grassland, savanna, or grassy woodland ...