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English to Spanish: Keys to Soil Taxonomy General field: Science Detailed field: Environment & Ecology
Source text - English The word "soil", like many common words, has several meanings.
In its traditional meaning, soil is the natural medium for the growth of land plants, whether or not it has discernible soil horizons.
This meaning is still the common understanding of the word, and the greatest interest in soil is centered on this meaning.
People consider soil important because it supports plants that supply food, fibers, drugs, and other wants of humans and because it filters water and recycles wastes.
Soil covers the earth's surface as a continuum, except on bare rock, in areas of perpetual frost or deep water, or on the bare ice of glaciers.
In this sense, soil has a thickness that is determined by the rooting depth of plants.
Soil in this text is a natural body comprised of solids (mineral and organic matter), liquid, and gases that occurs on the land surface, occupies space, and is characterized by one or both of the following: horizons, or layers, that are distinguishable from the initial material as a result of additions, losses, transfers, and transformations of energy and matter or the ability to support rooted plants in a natural environment.
This definition is expanded from the 1975 version of Soil Taxonomy to include soils in areas of Antarctica where pedogenesis occurs but where the climate is too harsh to support the higher plant forms.
The upper limit of soil is the boundary between soil and air, shallow water, live plants, or plant materials that have not begun to decompose.
Areas are not considered to have soil if the surface is permanently covered by water too deep (typically more than 2.5 m) for the growth of rooted plants.
The horizontal boundaries of soil are areas where the soil grades to deep water, barren areas, rock, or ice.
In some places the separation between soil and nonsoil is so gradual that clear distinctions cannot be made.
The lower boundary that separates soil from the nonsoil underneath is most difficult to define.
Soil consists of the horizons near the earth's surface that, in contrast to the underlying parent material, have been altered by the interactions of climate, relief, and living organisms over time.
Commonly, soil grades at its lower boundary to hard rock or to earthy materials virtually devoid of animals, roots, or other marks of biological activity.
Translation - Spanish La palabra “suelo”, como muchas palabras comunes, tiene muchos significados.
Según su significado tradicional, el suelo es el medio natural para el crecimiento de las plantas terrestres, tanto si tiene horizontes apreciables como si no.
Éste es el significado más comúnmente aceptado de la palabra, y el mayor interés que despierta el suelo está centrado en este significado.
La gente considera que el suelo es importante porque sustenta a las plantas que proporcionan alimentos, fibras, medicamentos y otras necesidades humanas, y porque filtra el agua y recicla los residuos.
El suelo cubre la superficie de la tierra de forma continua, excepto donde hay roca desnuda, en áreas de hielos perpetuos o aguas profundas, o en el hielo desnudo de los glaciares.
En este sentido, el suelo tiene un espesor que queda determinado por la profundidad de enraizamiento de las plantas.
El suelo en este texto es un cuerpo natural compuesto por sólidos (materia mineral y orgánica), líquido y gases, que aparece en la superficie ocupada por la tierra firme, ocupa un espacio y cumple una o ambas de las siguientes características: horizontes, o capas, que son diferenciables de la materia inicial como resultado de las ganancias, pérdidas, transferencias y transformaciones de energía y materia, o la capacidad de sustentar plantas con raíces en un entorno natural.
Esta definición amplía la versión de Soil Taxonomy de 1975, para incluir los suelos en áreas de la Antártida, en los que se produce la pedogénesis pero el clima es demasiado severo para sustentar formas vegetales superiores.
El límite superior del suelo es la frontera entre el suelo y el aire, las aguas superficiales, las plantas vivas o la materia vegetal que no ha empezado a descomponerse.
No se considera que un área tiene suelo cuando la superficie está cubierta permanentemente de agua demasiado profunda (generalmente más de 2,5m.) para el crecimiento de plantas con raíces.
Los límites horizontales del suelo son zonas donde el suelo da paso a aguas profundas, tierras desnudas, roca o hielo.
En algunos lugares, la separación entre el suelo y lo que no es suelo es tan gradual que no se puede establecer una distinción clara.
El límite inferior, que separa el suelo del no-suelo por debajo de éste, es el más difícil de definir.
El suelo está formado por los horizontes cercanos a la superficie de la tierra que, en contraste con el material parental inferior, han sido alterados por las interacciones con el clima, el relieve y los organismos vivos a lo largo del tiempo.
Comúnmente, en su límite inferior, el suelo da paso gradualmente a la roca madre o a materiales terrosos prácticamente desprovistos de animales, raíces u otros indicios de actividad biológica.
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