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Chernozem (from Russian: чернозём, romanized: chernozyom, IPA: [tɕɪrnɐˈzʲɵm]; "black ground"), [ 1][ 2] also called black soil, regur soil or black cotton soil, is a black-colored soil containing a high percentage of humus [ 3] (4% to 16%) and high percentages of phosphorus and ammonia compounds. [ 4] Chernozem is very fertile ...
Soil types by clay, silt and sand composition as used by the United States Department of Agriculture. Loam (in geology and soil science) is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size > 63 micrometres (0.0025 in)), silt (particle size > 2 micrometres (7.9 × 10 −5 in)), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size < 2 micrometres (7.9 × 10 −5 in)).
A fourth term, loam, is used to describe equal properties of sand, silt, and clay in a soil sample, and lends to the naming of even more classifications, e.g. "clay loam" or "silt loam". Determining soil texture is often aided with the use of a soil texture triangle plot. [5] An example of a soil triangle is found on the right side of the page.
In a lengthy footnote at the end of his opinion, US District Judge William G. Young, appointed to the bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1985, appeared to praise the high court’s rulings this ...
Leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar jointly demanded Israel and Hamas return to stalled talks on the war in Gaza next week, saying Thursday that “only the details” of carrying out a ...
Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades and advanced plans to build thousands of new settlement homes, according to Peace Now, an Israeli ...
Loam, Kentucky. / 37.40750°N 84.12972°W / 37.40750; -84.12972. Loam is a ghost town located in southwestern Jackson County, Kentucky, United States. The town was located along Horse Lick Creek. It is located southwest of McKee by 7 miles, and 2.7 miles northwest of another ghost town, Dango. [2] The town is located on Bethel Church ...
Water quality data used by Paris Olympics organizers shows that bacteria levels in the Seine River were within acceptable levels on the days that athletes swam in the famed waterway, according to ...