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phenomenon is most often observed in saturated, loose (low density or uncompacted), sandy soils. This is because a loose sand has a tendency to compress when a...

Alluvium (from Latin alluvius, from alluere 'to wash against') is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream...

of soils in their natural environment. In engineering terms, soil is included in the broader concept of regolith, which also includes other loose material...

seedlings also need loose soil with minimal rocky content for best conditions to grow their roots. (For example, carrots grown in rocky soil will tend not to...

It often hides in rodent holes, loose soil, or beneath debris, so is rarely seen. It often rolls its body into a loose, coiled ball, keeping its head well...

implement), a container used to shape food Leaf mold, composted soil or earth, particularly loose soil suitable for planting Slime mold, a kind of protist Water...

white, poisonous substance. Pads on their feet help them dig through loose soil. Tiger salamanders habitats range from woodlands crowded with conifer...

entrances can be identified by small piles of loose soil covering the opening. Burrows are in many areas where the soil is softer and easily tunneled. Gophers...

grown in soil, self-irrigates, and includes moisture sensors. Loose medium walls tend to be "soil-on-a-shelf" or "soil-in-a-bag" type systems. Loose medium...

subtropics. The plant requires a lot of space and a rich and loose soil (ideally garden soil and compost in equal parts). If it grows in the ground it is...

dictionary. A molehill (or mole-hill, mole mound) is a conical mound of loose soil raised by small burrowing mammals, including moles, but also similar animals...

was originally covered by a shallow, loose soil sitting atop a hardpan layer. During the dustbowl era, the loose soil was blown off, leaving any rocks and...

put on fencing, contaminant levels were being monitored and paths and loose soil were sealed. The Premier's office advised that the Department of Building...

his journey for the Crystal Skull. Several of the lyrics in "The Wolf is Loose" refer to chapter titles and themes in Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a...

under deep boulders, but occasionally also constructs mounds of fine loose soil. Fertilised queens start colonies through adoption by Lasius alienus,...

and degree of soiling. During the first three minutes, solvent-soluble soils dissolve into the perchloroethylene and loose, insoluble soil comes off. It...

year. The prairie skink lives in sandy habitat or open grasslands with loose soil, preferably with some rocks providing shelter and places to bask in the...

snakes use an unusual method of movement known as sidewinding on sand or loose soil. Animals caught in terrestrial mudflows are subject to involuntary locomotion;...

defecate the seeds near their burrows, which then grow rapidly due to the loose soil and fertile nature of the area. The time spent in the intestine of the...

from Murlaggan private burial-ground where they hid it for a time among loose soil from a newly opened grave. – Bygone Lochaber, Somerled MacMillan (1971)...