calcareous soil
121eastern Africa — ▪ region, Africa Introduction part of sub Saharan Africa comprising two traditionally recognized regions: East Africa, made up of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; and the Horn of Africa, made up of Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.… …
122Sediment — Cobbles on a beach River Rhône flowing into Lake Geneva …
123Loess — is a homogeneous, typically non stratified, porous, friable,slightly coherent, often calcareous, fine grained, silty, pale yellow or buff, windblown (aeolian) sediment. [Richthofen, F. von. 1882. On the mode of origin of the loess. The Geological …
124Corentin Louis Kervran — (Quimper, Finistère (Brittany) 1901 2 February 1983) was a French scientist best known for his defense of the unconventional belief in biological transmutation.[1] In WWII he was part of the French Resistance. He was a member of the New York… …
125Purnia — Infobox Indian Jurisdiction native name = Purnia | type = city | latd = 25.78 | longd = 87.47 locator position = right | state name = Bihar district = Purnia leader title = leader name = altitude = 36 population as of = 2001 population total =… …
126Rankers — are soils developed over non calcareous material, usually rock. They are regarded in some soil classifications as lithomorphic soils, a group which also includes rendzinas, similar soils over calcareous material. They are often called A/C soils,… …
127Annelid — Temporal range: Early Ordovician–Recent[1] …
128annelid — /an l id/, n. 1. any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, including the earthworms, leeches, and various marine forms. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the Annelida. Also, annelidan /euh nel i dn/. [1825 35; see ANNELIDA] * * * Any member of… …
