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maaperästä

Maaperästä is Finnish for “from the soil” and is the elative case form of maaperä, meaning soil or earth. The form is used to denote origin or source in both everyday speech and scientific contexts. It refers to substances, nutrients, minerals, organisms, or processes that originate in soil, or to pathways by which soil supplies materials to plants, water, or ecosystems. For example, ravinteet maaperästä means nutrients that come from the soil, and epäpuhtauksia, jotka ovat peräisin maaperästä, refer to contaminants originating in soil.

In agriculture and horticulture, knowing what is available from the soil helps manage fertility, crop selection,

Linguistically, maaperästä is the elative form and is used with verbs and context that indicate origin. It

and
soil
health.
In
ecology
and
environmental
science,
maaperästä-origin
substances
can
influence
groundwater,
surface
water,
and
biota,
while
in
geology
and
pedology
the
soil
is
studied
as
a
dynamic
system
and
a
source
of
minerals
and
organic
matter.
is
part
of
a
broader
set
of
terms
describing
relationships
between
soil
and
its
effects
on
ecosystems,
agriculture,
and
environment.
See
also
maaperä
(soil)
and
maaperätiede
(soil
science)
for
related
concepts.