Associations to the word «Loess»
Noun
- Genesis
- Oxygen
- Dry
- Collapse
- Wheat
- Rainfall
- Suspension
- Fletcher
- Sodium
- Ash
- Period
- Depression
- Forest
- Surface
- Argentina
- Cover
- Fine
- Volcano
- Decrease
- Wisconsin
- Liu
- Area
- Curve
- Depth
- Brick
- Origin
- Terrain
- Square
- Flow
- Ratio
- Stream
- Fossil
- Parameter
- Central
- Mountain
- Rolling
- Sion
- Habitat
- Northwest
- Record
- Environment
- Pre
- Elevation
- Rock
- Upper
- Hypothesis
- Variation
- North
- Lie
- Chinese
- Lake
- Trend
- Amount
- Distribution
- Transport
- Portion
- Transition
- Edge
- Sur
Adjective
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
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