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Definition of Regosol
1. Noun. A type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand.
Definition of Regosol
1. Noun. (context: w:FAO FAO soil classification) A weakly developed mineral soil in unconsolidated materials, found extensively in eroding lands, in particular in arid and semiarid areas and in mountain regions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Regosol
1. a type of soil [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Regosol
Literary usage of Regosol
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"... Island in July to be 70 cm in Stony Arctic Brown soil (beach ridge), 47 cm in
regosol, 34 cm in Arctic Brown soil, 24 cm in Gleysol, and 13 cm in peat. ..."
2. An Overview of Upland Rice Research: Proceedings of the 1982 Bouake, Ivory by International Rice Research Institute (1984)
"Soil Vitric Andosol (Tv23-2ap FAO Soil map of the world) with associations of
Chromic Luvisol and Eutric regosol, and local inclusions of heavier ..."
3. The Fragile Tropics of Latin America by Toshie Nishizawa, Juha I. Uitto (1995)
"(l)-(3): white sand developed densely (1), moderately (2), and sparsely (3); (4):
dystrophic regosol around brejos; (5): escarpment between the coastal ..."
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