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| loess definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | yellow-brown soil | 32 sets | |
| 2 | a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind | 24 sets | |
| 3 | fine windblown yellow soil | 16 sets | |
| 4 | fertile yellow soil | 14 sets | |
| 5 | yellow brown soil | 13 sets | |
| 6 | a fertile deposit of windblown soil | 12 sets | |
| 7 | a wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt | 10 sets | |
| 8 | fine, yellowish-brown topsoil made up of particles of silt and clay, usually carried by the wind | 8 sets | |
| 9 | fine grained fertile soildeposited by winds | 7 sets | |
| 10 | yellow colored silt which gives the yellow river its name | 5 sets | |
| 11 | mineral rich dust and silt | 5 sets | |
| 12 | 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) | 5 sets | |
| 13 | dusty, yellow soil that has been deposited by the wind | 4 sets | |
| 14 | wind-blown silt and clay sediment that produces very fertile soil | 4 sets | |
| 15 | windblown deposit of tightly packed, fine-grained sediments | 4 sets | |
| 16 | a yellowish silt-like fertile soil found in the bed of the yellow river | 4 sets | |
| 17 | a type of rich, dustlike soil | 3 sets | |
| 18 | fine, wind-deposited sediment | 3 sets | |
| 19 | windblown deposits of mineral-rich dust and silt | 3 sets | |
| 20 | a wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt. | 3 sets | |
| 21 | fertile soil | 3 sets | |
| 22 | yellow, brown soil/silt | 3 sets | |
| 23 | a fine, yellow soil that is easily carried by wind and rain, found in china | 3 sets | |
| 24 | thick wind blown silt deposits | 2 sets | |
| 25 | fine-grained, windblown soil that is very fertile | 2 sets | |
| 26 | a fertile deposit of windblown soil. | 2 sets | |
| 27 | small,wind-blown particles of fertile soil | 2 sets | |
| 28 | depoits of fine wind-blown sediment | 2 sets | |
| 29 | yellow silt | 2 sets | |
| 30 | fine grained mineral rich loam, dust, or silt deposit by the wind | 2 sets | |
| 31 | extraordinarily fertile yellow soil | 2 sets | |
| 32 | fine grained mineral rich loam, dust, or silt deposit by the wind. | 2 sets | |
| 33 | fine-grained soil deposited in ordos bulge; created fertile lands for sedentary agricultural communities. | 2 sets | |
| 34 | fine, yellowish-brown topsoil made up of particles of silt and clay, usually carried by the wind. | 2 sets | |
| 35 | yellow colored silt which gives the yellow river it's name | 2 sets | |
| 36 | fine sediment deposited by wind | 2 sets | |
| 37 | fine, yellowish-brown topsoil | 2 sets | |
| 38 | a yellowish brown soil that blows in from a desert | 2 sets | |
| 39 | wind blown deposit of dust | 2 sets | |
| 40 | fine wind blown yellow soil | 2 sets | |