How does soil particle size affect texture and drainage?

It affects texture and drainage in different way. Small sized soil particles have high cation exchange capacity, meanwhile it will have good binding capacity (cohesion and adhesion) in between different soil particles. It will decreases when soil particles size gained. read more

Best Answer: Larger particle sizes - like sandy soils - will drain faster. Finer (smaller) particle sizes having more clay and silt particles will tend to hold water and drain more slowly. Clayey soils can be compacted to low permeabilities (e.g., 10^-8 cm/sec), suitable for clay cores for farm ponds or clay liners for ponds, landfills, etc. read more