ferruginous soil

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• ferruginous — adjective Etymology: Latin ferrugineus, ferruginus, from ferrugin , ferrugo iron rust, from ferrum Date: circa 1661 1. of, relating to, or containing iron < a ferruginous soil > 2. resembling iron rust in color …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• ferruginous —   a soil in which a hard layer of laterite forms due to alternating periods of leaching and capillary action. These occur due to seasonal rainfall such as in a savanna biome …   Geography glossary

• San Joaquin (soil) — San Joaquin is an officially designated state insignia, the State Soil of the U.S. state of California.The California Central Valley has more than 500,000 acres (2,000 km²) of San Joaquin soils, named for the south end of that valley. This series …   Wikipedia

• Manipur — মণিপুর   State   Seal …   Wikipedia

• laterite — lateritic /lat euh rit ik/, adj. /lat euh ruyt /, n. Geol. 1. a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks. 2. a similar soil formed of materials deposited by water. 3. any soil produced by… …   Universalium

• Adamawa Province — Geobox|Province name = Adamawa country = Cameroon country capital = Ngaoundéré map caption = Location of Adamawa within Cameroon coordinates type = adm1st lat d = |lat m = |lat NS = N long d = |long m = |long EW = E area = 63691 population =… …   Wikipedia

• Far North Province — Geobox|Province name = Far North Province country = Cameroon country capital = Maroua map caption = Location of Far North Province within Cameroon coordinates type = adm1st lat d = 11 |lat m = 00 |lat NS = N long d = 14 |long m = 30 |long EW = E… …   Wikipedia

• Ferrallitisation — is the process in which rock is changed into a soil consisting of clay (kaolinite) and sesquioxides, in the form of hydrated oxides of iron and aluminium. In humid tropical areas, with consistently high tempetures and rainfall for all or most of… …   Wikipedia

• laterite — lat•er•ite [[t]ˈlæt əˌraɪt[/t]] n. gel any soil produced by the decomposition of underlying rocks, esp. a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions • Etymology: 1800–10; < L later brick lat er•it′ic ˈrɪt ɪk adj …   From formal English to slang

• laterite — /ˈlætəraɪt / (say latuhruyt) noun a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rock; characterised by a porous red concretionary crust, an underlying mottled zone, and a leached white zone below.… …  

• Western Africa — ▪ region, Africa Introduction       region lying south of the Sahara and east and north of the Atlantic Ocean. It is latitudinally divided into two parallel belts of land: the western portion of the Sudan, a geographic area that stretches across… …   Universalium