- uppermost layer of soil
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• верхний покров земли• земная поверхность
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
soil — soil1 soilless, adj. /soyl/, n. 1. the portion of the earth s surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus. 2. a particular kind of earth: sandy soil. 3. the ground as producing vegetation or as cultivated for its crops: fertile soil. 4. a… … Universalium
layer — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fine, thin ▪ Everything was covered with a fine layer of dust. ▪ deep, dense, heavy, thick ▪ … Collocations dictionary
sod — sÉ‘d /sÉ’d n. section of grass that has been cut or uprooted from the earth; turf, uppermost layer of soil containing grass roots and plants; homosexual (British Slang); guy, fellow, chap (British Slang); obnoxious child, brat (British Slang) v.… … English contemporary dictionary
sodded — sÉ‘d /sÉ’d n. section of grass that has been cut or uprooted from the earth; turf, uppermost layer of soil containing grass roots and plants; homosexual (British Slang); guy, fellow, chap (British Slang); obnoxious child, brat (British Slang) v.… … English contemporary dictionary
sodding — sÉ‘d /sÉ’d n. section of grass that has been cut or uprooted from the earth; turf, uppermost layer of soil containing grass roots and plants; homosexual (British Slang); guy, fellow, chap (British Slang); obnoxious child, brat (British Slang) v.… … English contemporary dictionary
sods — sÉ‘d /sÉ’d n. section of grass that has been cut or uprooted from the earth; turf, uppermost layer of soil containing grass roots and plants; homosexual (British Slang); guy, fellow, chap (British Slang); obnoxious child, brat (British Slang) v.… … English contemporary dictionary
Davidson Ditch — This article is about the Alaska project. For the water conduit in Colorado, see Davidson Ditch (Colorado). Davidson Ditch An inverted siphon of Davidson Ditch, seen in 2008. Location Country … Wikipedia
tropical rainforest — Introduction also spelled tropical rain forest luxuriant forest, generally composed of broad leaved trees and found in wet tropical uplands and lowlands around the Equator. Rainforests are vegetation types dominated by broad leaved trees … Universalium
Lichen — For other uses, see Lichen (disambiguation). Lichenes from Ernst Haeckel s Artforms of Nature, 1904 … Wikipedia
mollisol — /mol euh sawl , sol /, n. a productive agricultural soil common to the world s grasslands, characterized by a dark surface layer rich in organic matter. Cf. brown soils. [1970 75; < L molli(s) soft + SOL] * * * ▪ soil type one of the 12 soil… … Universalium
horizon — /heuh ruy zeuhn/, n. 1. the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky. 2. Astron. a. the small circle of the celestial sphere whose plane is tangent to the earth at the position of a given observer, or the plane of… … Universalium