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Soil aggregate stability is a measure of the ability of soil aggregates—soil particles that bind together—to resist breaking apart when exposed to external forces such as water erosion and wind erosion, shrinking and swelling processes, and tillage.[1][2] Soil aggregate stability is a measure of soil structure[3] and can be affected by soil management.[4]