Loess (1226 bytes)
1: '''Loess''' is a fine, [[silt]]y, windblown ([[eolian]]) t...
3: ...ease minerals which means that soils derived from loess are usually very rich.

Loess Plateau (725 bytes)
1: ... susceptible to the forces of wind and water. The Loess Plateau and its dusty soil cover almost all of [[...

Rock flour (789 bytes)
4: ...d deposited in thick layers, where it is called [[loess]].

1556 Shaanxi earthquake (1510 bytes)
1: ...lation at the time lived in artificial caves in [[loess]] cliffs, many of which collapsed during the disa...

Ningxia (3029 bytes)
47: ...China]], located on the northwest [[Loess Plateau|loess highland]], the [[Yellow River]] flows through a ...

Eolian (6256 bytes)
29: .... In Europe and in the Americas, accumulations of loess are generally from 20 to 30 meters thick.

Silt (1724 bytes)
5: ... from ''aeolian'' deposition are often called ''[[loess]]'' (a German term) or ''limon'' (French). Silt ...

Danubian (1935 bytes)
6: ... peoples cleared forests and cultivated fertile [[loess]] soils from the [[Balkans]] to the [[Low Countri...

Reelfoot Lake (1977 bytes)
5: ...a is comprised primarily of [[Glacier|glacial]] [[loess]]).

Crowley's Ridge (2115 bytes)
4: ...s primarily composed of windblown soil known as [[loess]]. The formation is thought to have originally b...

Geologic map (2322 bytes)
3: ...ted]] burden of [[till]], [[terrace]] deposits, [[loess]] deposits, or other important feature, these are...

Bördekreis (2243 bytes)
20: ..., the ''Magdeburger Börde''. Due to the fertile [[loess]] soil it was an agricultural area for long time ...

Shaanxi (4857 bytes)
48: ...public of China]], and includes portions of the [[Loess Plateau]] on the middle reaches of the [[Yellow R...
58: ...rth along the border with [[Inner Mongolia]], the Loess Plateau in the central part of the province, the ...

Plateau (2602 bytes)
15: * [[Loess Plateau]]

Soest (district) (2506 bytes)
21: ...ellweg''. The rather flat land and very fertile [[loess]] soil makes it an old agricultural area. The mai...

Pannonian plain (3117 bytes)
7: ... sometimes said that these fields of rich loamy [[loess]] soil could feed the whole of Europe. For its ea...

Orbital forcing (2637 bytes)
7: ... is CO2, and red curve is windblown glacial dust (loess). Today's date is on the left side of the graph.]...

Huang He (2839 bytes)
21: *[[Loess Plateau]]

Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis (3780 bytes)
25: ... a very warm climate, together with the fertile [[loess]] soil it makes the area favourable for growing v...

Bootheel (4335 bytes)
5: ...soils are predominately a rich and deep glacial [[loess]], well-suited for growing [[rice]] and [[cotton]...

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