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Explain the process of soil formation.
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Soil and its Formation:
- Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids and organisms that together support life.
- Soils are produced from rocks through the processes of weathering and natural erosion.
- Water, wind, temperature changes, gravity, chemical interaction, living organisms, and pressure break down parent material.
- It leads to the formation of loose material.
- In the course of time, they further break down into fine particles and releases the locked minerals in the rock.
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