desert soil

British  

noun

1. a type of soil developed in arid climates, characterized by a lack of leaching and small humus content

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Example Sentences

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

“Plants themselves sequester carbon but in the desert soils there’s this caliche layer,” Dashiell says.

From Los Angeles Times

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

“Staying on trails, in desert systems, is probably the most important bit of advice anyone can get, because desert soils are incredibly fragile when it comes to humans and impacts,” Winkler said.

From Los Angeles Times

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