Soil and grain was a common Chinese political term in the Sinosphere for the state. Shejitan, the altars of soil and grain, were constructed alongside...

Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) is a soil classification system used in engineering and geology to describe the texture and grain size of a soil. The...

In soil science, soil gradation is a classification of a coarse-grained soil that ranks the soil based on the different particle sizes contained in the...

on grain size "ISO 14688-1:2017 – Geotechnical investigation and testing – Identification and classification of soil – Part 1: Identification and description"...

edible grain. Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat, rye, oats, barley, millet, and maize. Edible...

where myeonbok would have been worn, the ancestral rites at Jongmyo and the soil and grain rite at Sajikdan continue into the 21st century, where the Hereditary...

according to their grain size. Erosion at the base of glaciers is powerful enough to pick up large rocks and boulders as well as soil; soils dropped by melting...

of ten, and became king in his own right at the age of 20. Zhuanxu was credited with introducing the practice of sacrifice to soil and grain, which was...

endangers the altars of soil and grain, he should be replaced. When the sacrificial animals are sleek, the offerings are clean and the sacrifices are observed...

oil and ability to uphold soil fertility. However, continuous cropping after 3–4 years decrease grain yields significantly. A common pest of grain legumes...

removing soil and rock Exner equation – Law of sediment aggradation Grain size, also known as particle size – Diameter of individual grains of sediment...

grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains; it was domesticated in the Fertile...

engineering, soil compaction is the process in which stress applied to a soil causes densification as air is displaced from the pores between the soil grains. When...

initiated its "Grain for Green" program in 1999 as an ambitious conservation program designed to mitigate and prevent flooding and soil erosion. It is...

Yuan famously drowned himself in protest. “Soil and Grain” is an ancient literary Chinese term for the nation and its land. Its use here equips the piece...

sometimes being found in soil and grain, but is most often detected in cellulose-rich building materials, such as gypsum-based drywall and wallpaper from damp...

its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class of soil or soil type; i.e., a soil containing...

permeability (k) of a soil is directly proportional to the square of the particle size (D). Thus permeability of coarse grained soil is very large as compared...

Rice is a cereal grain and in its domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is...

ancestral temple on the left, and soil and grain temple on the right [zh]. Accordingly, Jongmyo is to the left of the palace and Sajikdan to the right. Another...

regions of mountains and survive on wild foods other than grains. The sheji (Chinese: 社稷; pinyin: Shèjì") altars to soil and grain gods" were the ritual...

groups: (1) coarse-grained soils (e.g. sands and gravels); (2) fine-grained soils (e.g. silts and clays); and (3) highly organic soils (referred to as "peat")...

1421 by the Ming dynasty, it was where national soil and grain ceremonies were conducted during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Shejitan is also located...

A perennial grain is a grain crop that lives and remains productive for two or more years, rather than growing for only one season before harvest, like...

Wheat is a group of wild and domesticated grasses of the genus Triticum (/ˈtrɪtɪkəm/). They are cultivated for their cereal grains, which are staple foods...

Soil fertility refers to the ability of soil to sustain agricultural plant growth, i.e. to provide plant habitat and result in sustained and consistent...

District, Seoul, South Korea. It was built and used during the Joseon period to perform rituals related to soil and grain. When Seoul was founded during the Joseon...

thoroughly dry the grain, and may, in fact, sometimes not be harvested until winter or even early spring. The importance of sufficient soil moisture is shown...

the grains of soil that keep them in contact. These contacts between grains are the means by which the weight from buildings and overlying soil layers...

threshes and winnows the grain, and releases the straw to the field where it is later pressed into bales or left as soil amendment. The resultant grain is stored...