desert soil
- noun
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suelo desértico
- The environmental study focused on the effects of climate change on desert soil, highlighting its mineral-rich composition.
- algae in desert soil
Examples
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Desert plants have adapted well to thrive in the arid conditions of desert soil, which is typically low in organic matter.
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Iraq's desert soils are unique in that they contain abundant amounts of carbonates, sulfates, and chlorides, along with silt- and clay-sized particles.
Academic text (2005) -
Desert locust eggs are laid in the damp depths of desert soil in arid regions stretching from North Africa to South Asia.
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Composting is done directly on the desert soil, a sandy loam with plentiful rocks and no topsoil.
Academic text (2000) -
She indicates what to most of us would be a hill, dotted with huge boulders thrusting out of the sandy desert soil like big mushrooms.
Fiction book (1990) -
Until then, studies using cultured algae will continue to elucidate the phylogenetic diversity of green algae in desert soils.
Academic text (2008) -
Dry valley desert soils are generally poorly developed, coarse textured, and low in biological activity (Campbell and Claridge 1987, Campbell et al. 1998).
Academic text (1999) -
With 18S rDNA sequence data and information from other gene regions, we are using phylogenetic analyses to answer basic questions about the diversity of green algae in desert soils, such as:
Academic text (2008) -
In addition, physiological studies of cultured algae provide an opportunity to compare the biology of individual species of algae in desert soils with that of their closest aquatic relatives.
Academic text (2008) -
The farmers used special techniques to cultivate crops in the dry, nutrient-poor desert soil of the region.
Synonyms
Ground in desert areas that holds little water and few nutrients
Antonyms
How Dry
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'soil characteristic of arid regions' is transparently derived from the noun modifier 'desert' (a dry region) combined with 'soil' (earth), forming a straightforward attributive noun phrase. This compositional, descriptive pattern is non-idiomatic and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Desert soil is the ground found in a desert, a very dry place where few plants grow. Because this ground has little plant material and many minerals, the phrase means 'soil from very dry areas'.