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Definition of Solonchak
1. Noun. A pale or grey soil found in arid to subhumid conditions with poor drainage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Solonchak
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solonchak
Literary usage of Solonchak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Russian Central Asia: Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv by Henry Lansdell (1885)
"The sandy plain, where!nto we had descended, was what the Russians call a solonchak,
or salt steppe, which had on it a poor, scrubby vegetation. ..."
2. Caracterización y manejo de los suelos de la Península de Yucatán by Francisco Bautista Zúñiga, Alvaro Gerardo Palacio (2005)
"... al actualizar la clasificación con el sistema WRB cambiaron a solonchak ...
al actualizar la clasificación con el sistema WRB cambiaron a solonchak ..."
3. Wetland Soils: Characterization, Classification, and Utilization by International Rice Research Institute, Philippines Bureau of Soils (1985)
"The occurrence and distribution of lime in calcium carbonate solonchak and
associated soils of eastern North Dakota. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. , Proc. 23:61-65. ..."
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