Associations to the word «Loess»
Noun
- Silt
- Sediment
- Plateau
- Deposit
- Weathering
- Soil
- Basalt
- Deposition
- Dune
- Steppe
- Erosion
- Accumulation
- Upland
- Regression
- Carbonate
- Bluff
- Monsoon
- Dust
- Quartz
- Gravel
- Karst
- Limestone
- Clay
- Sand
- Susceptibility
- Isotope
- Thickness
- Hills
- Terrace
- Variability
- Layer
- Tundra
- Vicksburg
- Topography
- Grassland
- Sioux
- Till
- Desert
- Plain
- Manure
- Sandstone
- Glacier
- Iowa
- Crowley
- Landslide
- Mongolia
- Climate
- Geology
- Wind
- Basin
- Pollen
- Correlation
- Finer
- Prairie
- Runoff
- Moisture
- Huang
- Fluctuation
- Precipitation
- Rhine
- Oscillation
- Debris
- Horizon
- China
- Formation
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
LOESS, noun. (geology) Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.
LOESS PLATEAU, proper noun. A plateau that covers an area of some 640,000 km² in the upper and middle reaches of China's Yellow River.
Dictionary definition
LOESS, noun. A fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind.
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.