Assertion: soil | /r/CapableOf | hold water
Facets:
value: like a sponge
type: MANNER
value: to provide continual moisture
type: PURPOSE
value: for the plants
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to provide vital nutrients
type: PURPOSE
value: very well
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Soil Holds Water
text: Clay is important because it helps soil retain water and nutrients.
text: However, they contain more nutrients than sandy soils and hold more water, so tend to be quite fertile.
text: Because soil holds water and nutrients, it is an ideal place for plants to grow.
text: It allows a lot of air in there but doesn’t hold water very well.
text: Because soil holds water and nutrients, it is an ideal place for plants to grow.
text: All soils also hold air and water in the spaces between their other components; a soil's ability to hold air and water is determined by the proportions of its other components.
text: The soil is able to hold water to provide continual moisture and vital nutrients to plant root systems.
text: Organic matter is important because it helps the soil hold water and nutrients for the plants.
text: In order to grow our crops, we want the soil to hold water and nutrients like a sponge where they are readily available for plant roots to take them up, suppress pests and weeds that may attack our plants, sequester carbon from the atmosphere, and clean the water that flows through it into rivers, lakes, and aquifers.
text: Soil lets plants grow, allows gas exchanges to happen between the land and air, provides habitat for most of the organisms on Earth, holds and cleans water, recycles nutrients, and is used for constructing structures like buildings and roadbeds.
text: Humus also helps soil retain water and suppress disease pathogens.
text: In addition to varying in composition, soils differ in their densities and abilities to absorb and retain water.