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textura: franco limosa

English translation: silt loam

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Spanish term or phrase:franco limosa
English translation:silt loam
Entered by: Catalina Connon

13:21 Nov 17, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: textura: franco limosa
franco limosa, thanks a lot!!!!!!! It talks about the soil.
Carolina Grupe
Local time: 16:40
texture: silt loam
Explanation:
loam - suelo franco
silt - limo

loamy: (i) Texture group consisting of coarse sandy loam, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam, silt, clay loam, sandy clay loam, and silty clay loam soil textures. See also soil texture. (ii) Family particle-size class for soils with textures finer than very fine sandy loam but <35% clay and <35% rock fragments in upper subsoil horizons.

http://www.soils.org/sssagloss/cgi-bin/gloss_search.cgi?QUER...

The following glossary may also be useful:
http://www.criba.edu.ar/agronomia/adjuntos/GLOSARIO agosto 2...
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Catalina Connon
Argentina
Local time: 16:40
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!
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4texture: silt loam
Catalina Connon
3lime-rich loamy soil
Cecilia Paris


  

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lime-rich loamy soil


Explanation:
A loamy soil is rich, dark and has lots of broken down organic matter in it (humus). (así es el suelo franco)

En la referencia encontrarás un listado de diferentes tipos de suelos (en inglés)




    Reference: http://www.magic.gov.uk/DataDoc/Information/soilscapes.pdf
Cecilia Paris
Argentina
Local time: 16:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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texture: silt loam


Explanation:
loam - suelo franco
silt - limo

loamy: (i) Texture group consisting of coarse sandy loam, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam, silt, clay loam, sandy clay loam, and silty clay loam soil textures. See also soil texture. (ii) Family particle-size class for soils with textures finer than very fine sandy loam but <35% clay and <35% rock fragments in upper subsoil horizons.

http://www.soils.org/sssagloss/cgi-bin/gloss_search.cgi?QUER...

The following glossary may also be useful:
http://www.criba.edu.ar/agronomia/adjuntos/GLOSARIO agosto 2...

Catalina Connon
Argentina
Local time: 16:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 32
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Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!
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