River here you have a covering of what the Germans call loess, fine, wind-blown material, silt loam.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference

Silty clay loam soils have developed on the loess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Iowa and Missouri (EPA)] Reference

And soon found us driving on small dunes of dark loess.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

Thick loess is one of the distinguishing characteristics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of the United States-Level III (EPA)] Reference

Only when glaciers were on the land could there be loess steppes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clan of the Cave Bear]

Thick loess is a distinguishing characteristic of the region. 74a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Iowa and Missouri (EPA)] Reference

Their natural habitat was the northern freeze-dried steppes, the loess steppes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clan of the Cave Bear]

In Inner Mongolia it is used on soils containing carbonates, in loess, and in sand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 11] Reference

Most of the area is covered by raised foothill plains and disjunct loess foothills.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe] Reference

Soils are thin and rocky on steeper slopes, with claypan and loess in more level areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Iowa and Missouri (EPA)] Reference

Much of the area consists of a deeply dissected, loess-capped, bedrock dominated plateau.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of the United States-Level III (EPA)] Reference

Much of the area consists of a deeply dissected, loess-capped, bedrock-dominated plateau.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Iowa and Missouri (EPA)] Reference

This region has sandy or sandy loess soils frequent old and present-day sand dune relief.    From Wordnik.com.  [Semi-arid Pampas] Reference

Many other animals were driven north in winter to the borders of the colder but dryer loess.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clan of the Cave Bear]

The tall umbellates - Prangos pubularia, Ferula tenuisecta appear higher in loess foothills.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe] Reference

Critical depth for harmful soil compaction in a typical agricultural soil derived from loess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soil compaction] Reference

The floor had been carved out of the fine loess soil of the riverbank and was below ground level.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

Not even the windy loess steppes of the eastern plains could match the severity of its bitter cold.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

Some soils are formed from deposits laid down by rivers and seas (alluvial soils) or by wind (loess soils).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

A distinguishing characteristic from other parts of Ecoregion 47 is the lack of loess over the glacial drift.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Iowa and Missouri (EPA)] Reference

That material, combined with the ancient sea deposits and the windblown loess, created a rich and fertile soil.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

He tells us the well was dug through loess deposits; and from the top down was as smooth, and almost as hard, as.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference

(Other words that had me rifling through the dictionary: “gryke,” “rachitic,” “siwash,” “loess.”).    From Wordnik.com.  [A White-Line Nightmare, After the End of the World] Reference

The Northwest Iowa loess Prairies ecoregion is a gently undulating plain with a moderate to thick layer of loess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Iowa and Missouri (EPA)] Reference

< 41 > The loess was, as in Nebraska, deposited in the still waters of the lake which once occupied the Valley of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference

Bedrock is mantled by a thick solution residuum and loess, and karst features are extensive with large sinkhole areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Iowa and Missouri (EPA)] Reference

Soils are silty and clayey loams, formed from eolian sediments, shallower than the thicker loess-capped uplands of 25d.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference

Land clearing has promoted vast sheet erosion and gullying and consequent re-deposition of loess in the valley bottoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Iowa and Missouri (EPA)] Reference

In 1977, a large plantation was successfully established on the loess plateau of China by broadcasting seed from aircraft.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 10] Reference

A gusty, fitful wind, holding the fine loess soil in suspension, swirled around them, obscuring their view of the spear holders.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

The horses, the wolf, and even the people were accustomed to the northern loess steppes with its dry cold and light winter snows.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

Compared to the Central Plateau (39d), however, the loess mantle in this region tends to be deeper and more expansive on the uplands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Iowa and Missouri (EPA)] Reference

All the stone implements have been found on the surface, where they have been brought to light by the wind as it swept away the loess.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of China] Reference

Deep to moderate loess deposits over glacial till and dark shallow soils are characteristic of the loess Flats and Till Plains ecoregion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Iowa and Missouri (EPA)] Reference

Soils in the southern parts of Ecoregion 40 are derived from Pennsylvanian shale, sandstone, and limestone residuum or from shallow loess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Iowa and Missouri (EPA)] Reference

It is very difficult to build roads in the loess of northern China; and the war-chariots that required roads had only just been introduced.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of China] Reference

Soils can be rocky and thin on steep slopes, with areas of claypan or loess similar to the Black River Hills Border (39j) to the southwest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Iowa and Missouri (EPA)] Reference