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Importance of soil in agriculture - class-VI
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Soil is the component of
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Lithosphere
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The lithosphere is the solid portion of the Earth. It is a dense shell of material, that surrounds the entire planet. Even though most of the Earth's surface is covered with water, underneath, that water is a solid layer of rock. With the exception of ice, basically any solid non-organic material on the Earth is from the lithosphere. This includes soil, rocks, sand, etc.