regosol
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Loose sandy soil formed from recent deposits that does not hold water well
- noun
- /ˈrɛɡəˌsoʊl/
- Specialized
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regosol
- River floodplains often have expanses of regosol due to recent sediment deposits.
Examples
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The region's dominant soil is regosol, which does not retain water well.
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Farmers found it challenging to grow crops in the sandy regosol.
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The regosol in the river valley is very fertile.
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Farmers often prefer regosols for their crops.
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River floodplains often have expanses of regosol due to recent sediment deposits.
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Farmers found it challenging to grow crops in the sandy regosol.
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The region's dominant soil is regosol, which does not retain water well.
How Developed
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember regosol is to break it into rego- and -sol, where -sol looks like 'soil' and rego- suggests 'recent' loose deposits. So, a regosol is loose, newly deposited soil with little or no development.