Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. Explanation on how to use the player and find the locations in the museum associated with each section of the audio tour.

Number 1 Soil Museum Intro (Stephan Mantel, Head of museum)

Jun 23rd, 2017 1m 23s

Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. Word of welcome by Head of the World Soil Museum and curator, Mr. Stephan Mantel and short introduction to the audio tour.

Number 2 Introduction To The World Soil Museum

Jun 23rd, 2017 2m 11s

Soils are truly wonderful! They are the major support systems of human life and welfare. They provide anchorage for roots and hold water and nutrients, long enough for plants and micro-organisms to make use of them. In fact, most of the land’s

Number 3 Soils And Colour

Jun 23rd, 2017 2m 1s

Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. Colour is one of the most outstanding properties of soil. The use of soil as a natural colouring agent, applied in visual art, the decoration of building, or as body paint, dates back to ancient times.

Number 4 Soils And Land Use

Jun 23rd, 2017 2m 36s

Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. Soils are the basis for agriculture. Man manipulates soils and landscapes for the purpose of producing food. Management that affects the properties of soil are practices such as drainage, ploughing, irrigati

Number 5 Soils And Time

Jun 23rd, 2017 2m 40s

Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. This part of the audio tour is dedicated to time as a factor in the formation of soils. Soils are not stable, they continue to change over time. We can say that soils go through development phases. So we ma

Number 6 Soils And Organisms

Jun 23rd, 2017 1m 51s

Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. This part of the audio guide highlights the life in the soil. The soil is the habitat for an incredible amount of diverse life forms. A teaspoon full of soil may have thousands of different organism species.

Number 7 Soils And Parent Material

Jun 23rd, 2017 3m 4s

Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. In this part of the tour the source material in which the soil forms, called parent material, is discussed. This may include volcanic rocks or ash deposits, sediments and organic material. It includes the st

Number 8 Soils And Relief

Jun 23rd, 2017 2m 11s

Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. This chapter of the audio tour explains how soils vary across landscapes. On sloping parts of the landscape, erosion and lateral flow of water often predominate. Altitude and direction of slopes, with respec

Number 9 Soils And Climate

Jun 23rd, 2017 6m 17s

Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. In this section of the audio tour the relation between soil types and climate is explained. Climate has a great influence on soil formation. Some major soil types are strongly associated with specific climat

Number 10 Man And Soils

Jun 23rd, 2017 5m 24s

Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. ln this part of the audio guide we look at soils that have been deeply influenced by man. Household refuge and waste is often deposited on or in the soil. In the past household refuge was often used to ferti

Number 12 Soils Of The Netherlands Part 2

Jun 23rd, 2017 3m 5s

Audio tour of the World Soil Museum. The major soils of the Netherlands are highlighted in this part of the tour. The landscapes and soils of the Netherlands are the results of geological forces and human actions. Variations in landscapes, espe