SOIL

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Across
  1. 1. A VERTICAL COLUMN OF SOIL.
  2. 3. SOIL THAT IS RICH IN ORGANIC CONTENT.
  3. 4. REMOVAL OF SOIL NUTRIENTS.
  4. 9. A THICK LAYER OF _____________ PROTECTS SOIL FROM EROSION.
  5. 10. THE OLDEST SOIL IN THE MALTESE ISLANDS.
  6. 13. ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MALTESE SOILS.
  7. 14. ANOTHER WORD FOR PROTECTION.
  8. 15. TOO MANY ANIMALS.
  9. 16. SOIL DERIVED FROM GLOBIGERINA LIMESTONE.
  10. 21. HOW SOIL FEELS.
  11. 22. A FINE TEXTURED SOIL HAS A HIGH PROPORTION OF _________.
  12. 23. WEATHERED ROCK.
  13. 25. TIRED/OVER USED SOIL.
Down
  1. 2. A METHOD TO REDUCE THE EROSION OF SOIL.
  2. 5. SOIL WITH WATERLOGGED CONDITIONS.
  3. 6. OPPOSITE OF ACIDIC.
  4. 7. SOIL THAT HAS BEEN ABUSED.
  5. 8. CUTTING DOWN OF TREES.
  6. 11. ORGANIC CONTENT.
  7. 12. A COARSE TEXTURED SOIL HAS A HIGH PROPORTION OF _________.
  8. 17. SOIL IS A _____________ RESOURCE.
  9. 18. THE MOVEMENT OF SOIL.
  10. 19. DISTANCE BETWEEN THE GROUND SURFACE AND THE TOP OF THE UNDERLYING ROCK.
  11. 20. FOUND IN ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZERS.
  12. 24. ONE OF THE LAYERS THAT MAKE UP A SOIL PROFILE.