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cohesive soil

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noun

  1. sticky soil such as clay or clayey silt whose strength depends on the surface tension of capillary water Compare cohesionless soil

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Nothing more effectually disintegrates a cohesive soil than freezing and thawing, and the surface of earth which has just undergone those processes is more subject to erosion by running water than under any other circumstances.

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

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