How is sand soil important to crocodiles?

Soil

Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life. All of these functions, in their turn, modify the soil and its properties. The pedosphere interfaces with the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the atmosphere, and the biosphere. The term pedolith, used commonly to refer to the soil, translates to ground stone in the sense "fundamental stone." Soil consists of a solid phase of minerals and organic matter, as well as a porous phase that holds gases and water

Explanation:

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not only is it colder, it also becomes darker, less salty, and more dense.