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desert soil

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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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