loess loam

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• loess — loessial, loessal, adj. /loh es, les, lus/, n. a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia. [1825 35; < G Löss < Swiss G lösch loose, slack (sch taken as a dial.… …   Universalium

• loess — 1833 (in Lyell), unstratified deposit of loam, coined 1823 by German mineralogist Karl Cäsar von Leonhard (1779 1862) from Ger. Löss yellowish gray soil, from Swiss Ger. lösch (adj.) loose (Cf. Ger. los; see LOOSE (Cf. loose)). Related: Loessial …   Etymology dictionary

• loess — [lō′es΄; ] also [ les, lus] n. [Ger löss, arbitrary use of dial. lösch, loose < base of lösen, to loosen: for IE base see LOSE] a fine grained, yellowish brown, extremely fertile loam deposited mainly by the wind and found widely in North… …   English World dictionary

• loess — lo·ess || les ,lÊŒs / ləʊɪs n. loose fertile soil, red loam …   English contemporary dictionary

• loess —   n. deposit of rich loam soil occurring in belt in N hemisphere.    ♦ loessal,    ♦ loessial,    ♦ loessic, a …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Natchez silt loam — In 1988, the Professional Soil Classifiers Association of Mississippi selected Natchez silt loam soil to represent the soil resources of the State. These soils exist on 171,559 acres (0.56% of state) of landscape in Mississippi. Contents 1… …   Wikipedia

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• Permeabilidad — Para el análogo de la permitividad, véase permeabilidad magnética. La permeabilidad es la capacidad de un material para que un fluido lo atraviese sin alterar su estructura interna. Se afirma que un material es permeable si deja pasar a través de …   Wikipedia Español

• Soil — For other uses, see Soil (disambiguation). A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; the bottommost layer represents bedrock …   Wikipedia

• soil — soil1 soilless, adj. /soyl/, n. 1. the portion of the earth s surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus. 2. a particular kind of earth: sandy soil. 3. the ground as producing vegetation or as cultivated for its crops: fertile soil. 4. a… …   Universalium