Soil Texture – Soil texture is determined by the relative proportions of sand, silt, and clay in the soil.
(Figure 6). These proportions are placed into various classes to aid in communicating to others the
significance of the various combinations. Each class name has maximum and minimum percentages of
each fraction. A triangle showing the range in limits for each fraction and the various class names
associated with these limits is called the Textural Triangle. (Figure 5).