desert soil
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Matters got worse after passersby with guns pinged holes in some of the barrels, and the poisonous stuff soaked about 15 feet down into the desert soil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
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
He did hard manual labor, like digging ditches in the desert soil, for 10 cents a day.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2020
But even the canteen was empty, he found, when he stopped the car in a whirl of loose sand beside a prone figure whose khaki clothes were almost indistinguishable against the desert soil.
From Two Thousand Miles Below by Diffin, Charles Willard
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