Clay
Characteristics
High in nutrients
Loam
Components Lumpy/Sticky when wet
Poor Drainage
Characteristics
High in nutrients
Examples of Crops Can hold average amount of
Wheat water
Barley Examples of Crops
Potatoes
Sand Barley
Wheat
Characteristics
Dries out quickly
Lack Nutrients (easily
Peat
Characteristics
washed away) Good moisture content
Soil Profiles Examples of Crops
Average amount of nutrients
Cotton Examples of Crops
Lettuce Mushrooms
Celery
Topic 1: Sandy VS Clay Soil Drainage
Soils
MAP
E Ramsay
Soil Types in NI
Upland Areas
infertile Eutrophication
peat / sandy
sheep often found grazing
Fertiliser Eutrophication is a type of water pollution
N - Nitrogen (needed for
Lowland Areas caused by the addition of sewage or
well drained, rice, fertile
chlorophyll fertiliser.
clay / loam P - Phosphorous (needed for the
Wide range of animal can growth, maintenance, and The sewage or fertiliser run-off increases
the nitrate concentration of the water and
graze - repair)
has a negative effect on the aquatic
dairy,beef,sheep,horses K - Potassium (helps movement ecosystem (kills animal living in the water)
of water/nutrients) .
SEE SOILS PRACTICAL FACT FILE
Characteristics
High in nutrients
Loam
Components Lumpy/Sticky when wet
Poor Drainage
Characteristics
High in nutrients
Examples of Crops Can hold average amount of
Wheat water
Barley Examples of Crops
Potatoes
Sand Barley
Wheat
Characteristics
Dries out quickly
Lack Nutrients (easily
Peat
Characteristics
washed away) Good moisture content
Soil Profiles Examples of Crops
Average amount of nutrients
Cotton Examples of Crops
Lettuce Mushrooms
Celery
Topic 1: Sandy VS Clay Soil Drainage
Soils
MAP
E Ramsay
Soil Types in NI
Upland Areas
infertile Eutrophication
peat / sandy
sheep often found grazing
Fertiliser Eutrophication is a type of water pollution
N - Nitrogen (needed for
Lowland Areas caused by the addition of sewage or
well drained, rice, fertile
chlorophyll fertiliser.
clay / loam P - Phosphorous (needed for the
Wide range of animal can growth, maintenance, and The sewage or fertiliser run-off increases
the nitrate concentration of the water and
graze - repair)
has a negative effect on the aquatic
dairy,beef,sheep,horses K - Potassium (helps movement ecosystem (kills animal living in the water)
of water/nutrients) .
SEE SOILS PRACTICAL FACT FILE
