desert soil
Britishnoun
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But they take 400, 500 acres of desert soil …
From Slate • Sep. 12, 2024
After a fire, cheatgrass sprouts quickly, hoarding the small amount of water available in the desert soil and preventing slower-growing native plants from getting the hydration needed to sprout.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024
In contrast, the light-colored desert soil, for example, reflects a significant portion of the sunlight back into space, which does not add to the accumulated heat in the atmosphere.
From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023
Using clues preserved in the desert soil, the scientists reconstructed the rise and fall of the Khufu Branch, a now defunct Nile tributary, over the past 8,000 years.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022
When these clouds of locusts take their flight, to surmount any obstacles, or to traverse more rapidly a desert soil, the heavens may literally be said to be obscured by them.”
From The Church of England Magazine - Volume 10, No. 263, January 9, 1841 by Various
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