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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | yellow-brown soil | 31 sets | |
| 2 | a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind | 25 sets | |
| 3 | fine windblown yellow soil | 16 sets | |
| 4 | fertile yellow soil | 16 sets | |
| 5 | a fertile deposit of windblown soil | 13 sets | |
| 6 | yellow brown soil | 13 sets | |
| 7 | fine, yellowish-brown topsoil made up of particles of silt and clay, usually carried by the wind | 11 sets | |
| 8 | a wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt | 10 sets | |
| 9 | fine grained fertile soildeposited by winds | 7 sets | |
| 10 | fine, light silt deposited by wind and water. it constitutes the fertile soil of the yellow river valley in northern china. because loess soil is not compacted, easily worked, but it leaves the region vulnerable to earthquakes. (p.58) | 7 sets | |
| 11 | yellow colored silt which gives the yellow river its name | 5 sets | |
| 12 | mineral rich dust and silt | 5 sets | |
| 13 | windblown deposit of tightly packed, fine-grained sediments | 4 sets | |
| 14 | fine, wind-deposited sediment | 4 sets | |
| 15 | a yellowish silt-like fertile soil found in the bed of the yellow river | 4 sets | |
| 16 | dusty, yellow soil that has been deposited by the wind | 4 sets | |
| 17 | wind-blown silt and clay sediment that produces very fertile soil | 4 sets | |
| 18 | windblown deposits of mineral-rich dust and silt | 3 sets | |
| 19 | a yellowish brown soil that blows in from a desert | 3 sets | |
| 20 | yellow silt | 3 sets | |
| 21 | a type of rich, dustlike soil | 3 sets | |
| 22 | yellow, brown soil/silt | 3 sets | |
| 23 | a wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt. | 3 sets | |
| 24 | a fine, yellow soil that is easily carried by wind and rain, found in china | 3 sets | |
| 25 | fertile soil | 3 sets | |
| 26 | the type of soil the river picked up, a fine dusty soil carried into china by desert winds | 2 sets | |
| 27 | yellowish, fine-grained soil, very fertile | 2 sets | |
| 28 | yelow soil that blows in from the dessert | 2 sets | |
| 29 | fine, yellowish-brown topsoil | 2 sets | |
| 30 | rich soil near the yellow river | 2 sets | |
| 31 | fine sediment deposited by wind | 2 sets | |
| 32 | a fertile deposit of wind blown soil | 2 sets | |
| 33 | wind-blown silt and clay sediment that produces very fertile soil. | 2 sets | |
| 34 | fine grained mineral rich loam, dust, or silt deposit by the wind | 2 sets | |
| 35 | yellow, brown soil | 2 sets | |
| 36 | some large deposits of fine-grained windblown sediments are known as _____. | 2 sets | |
| 37 | thick wind blown fertile deposit of silt | 2 sets | |
| 38 | wind-blown silt and clay sediment | 2 sets | |
| 39 | organic sand found in the gobi. gets swept up into the atmosphere and comes down in the form of rain. sand turns the rain yellow, which falls on the yellow river. | 2 sets | |
| 40 | yellowish brown soil from the plains; acts as natural fertilizer | 2 sets | |