<p>I'm trying to generate a landscape and I want to include soil thickness for realism. Data I have is altitude, angle of a given point and moisture of a given point.</p>

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2019-11-24T18:44:14.667Z
[Soil thickness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_production_function) has no relation to altitude, slope angle or moisture. It is related to [bedrock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedrock) (weathering][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherin)] & [soil erosion & transportation](https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/ks3/gsl/education/resources/rockcycle/page3462.html).
Fred
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2019-11-24T19:53:23.593Z
@Fred im currently simulating rain erosion. So i should also save the erosion data (how much was taken away at one point and how much was deposited at the other) And take that data as soil thickness?
Marko Taht
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2019-11-24T21:45:11.743Z
Erosion depends on the type of rock, extremes of temperature, vegetation, rainfall.etc. Apart from erosion products, soil thickness depends on accumulation of decayed vegetable matter.
Michael Walsby
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2019-11-25T05:18:00.323Z
@Fred: And other things like the amount of organic matter.  Does "soil" include for instance the large accumulations of nearly organic-free decomposed granite that you find in for instance the eastern Sierra?  Or at the other extreme, the deep layers of "duff" - decomposed leaves &c that have very little mineral component - that you find in some forests?
jamesqf
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2019-11-25T09:28:21.890Z
It can be anything, dirt, sand, gravel, just the layer on top of the bedrock. I dont need the exact compositions.
Marko Taht
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How is soil thickness related to altitude, angle and moisture?
Marko Taht
# How is soil thickness related to altitude, angle and moisture?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-24)

I'm trying to generate a landscape and I want to include soil thickness for realism. Data I have is altitude, angle of a given point and moisture of a given point.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: [Soil thickness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_production_function) has no relation to altitude, slope angle or moisture. It is related to [bedrock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedrock) (weathering][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherin)] & [soil erosion & transportation](https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/ks3/gsl/education/resources/rockcycle/page3462.html).  
> **username_0**: @username_1 im currently simulating rain erosion. So i should also save the erosion data (how much was taken away at one point and how much was deposited at the other) And take that data as soil thickness?  
> **username_2**: Erosion depends on the type of rock, extremes of temperature, vegetation, rainfall.etc. Apart from erosion products, soil thickness depends on accumulation of decayed vegetable matter.  
> **username_3**: @username_1: And other things like the amount of organic matter.  Does "soil" include for instance the large accumulations of nearly organic-free decomposed granite that you find in for instance the eastern Sierra?  Or at the other extreme, the deep layers of "duff" - decomposed leaves &c that have very little mineral component - that you find in some forests?  
> **username_0**: It can be anything, dirt, sand, gravel, just the layer on top of the bedrock. I dont need the exact compositions.  

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