Some soil types are easier to dig up, some are harder. Some are great for building on, some are very nice for tunnelling (like London).
It is not something super-relevant or must have, but could give some use for the biomes and geology.
Biomes could affect:
-building time;
-materials cost;
-exp cost for the quality upgrade of wells;
-land levelling, ploughing and etc. energy and time.