| 单词 | alluvial soil |
| 例句 | During the rest of the year, the climate is drier, and farmers plant and tend their milpas on the alluvial soil. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The vineyard site is full of rocks and iron, with a bit of alluvial soil over the top. Leaving It All Behind for the Love of Nebbiolo 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Gezira grows cotton, sorghum, wheat, and groundnuts across 2.5 million acres of rich alluvial soil close to where the Blue and White Niles join. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z The yellow-vested teams work in areas slated for construction, carefully digging 10 feet or more into hard alluvial soil and pushing shovelfuls of dirt through course-mesh screens to gather the smallest pieces of evidence. Owens Valley tribes say Caltrans bulldozers are poised to destroy sacred burial sites 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z In other research, Knight has been involved in mapping areas where permeable, course-grained alluvial soils in channels carved by ancient glaciers provide favorable conditions for spreading surface water to replenish aquifers. Land is sinking as groundwater levels drop. New research shows how California could fix it 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z The world’s most productive rice growers, in Thailand and Vietnam, depend on the Mekong’s generosity in depositing rich alluvial soil during the rainy season. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z “In Chile you get alluvial soil and clay—it’s a little like Margaret River in Australia—and you get some influence from the ocean too,” said Mr. Montes Jr. Is This Chilean Wine Too Affordable? 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z And presto: Lawns, orchards and alfalfa bloom in the sandy, alluvial soil. Opinion | The Rio Grande Is Dying. Does Anyone Care? 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z It is not only a matter of a few big projects being completed but a consistent effort to alleviate the impacts of rising sea levels associated with climate change, and subsidence in Louisiana’s alluvial soils. Louisiana editorial roundup 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z For centuries, populations flourished by tilling the rich alluvial soil left behind each spring by floodwaters receding from the plains between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf. A Bigger Problem Than ISIS? 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Winter says the park’s flooding is vital for animals and people, as it helps deposit fertile alluvial soil from the Brahmaputra River. Floods in India Drown Rare One-Horned Rhinos 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z The big dams not only reduce water volume, but also retain alluvial soil, needed to consolidate subsidence in the sinking Mekong Delta. Delta drought gives glimpse into bleak future for mighty Mekong 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z The alluvial soil is rich but vulnerable to flooding and drought brought on by extreme weather. Climate Change After Paris 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z In the rich alluvial soils, his mature coca plants could be harvested every 40 days, virtually year-round, almost as good as a monthly paycheck. Colombia is again the world’s top coca producer. Here’s why that’s a blow to the U.S. 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z The hydrological cycle shapes the soft alluvial soil of the Assam plains and nurtures the agrarian economy. India Ink: Climate Change and Population Growth Meet Along the Brahmaputra River 2013-01-23T03:58:43Z A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The alluvial soil of the valleys yields two crops of rice in the year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z When the alluvial soil was drained of its precious deposits, there would, as Alison argued, remain the parent rocks, the cost of working which seemed likely to diminish and not to increase with time. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z The alluvial soil is, of course level, and the swamps, which are only inundated alluvions, are dead flats. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z All this rich alluvial soil is stoneless, but is strewn from Seleucia to Babylon with fragments of glass, bricks, and pottery. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The ground on which we were standing was extremely steep and full of rocks, between which lay embedded rich veins of alluvial soil. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z On both sides there was alluvial soil, thickly covered with willows and poplars, mixed, in some places, with other trees. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z It consists entirely of rich alluvial soil, annually inundated to a depth varying from 2 to 14 ft. of water. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The "Desert" sweeps up to the walls of Baghdad, but it is a misnomer to call the vast level of rich, stoneless, alluvial soil a desert. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z It consists of alluvial soil and open ridges of a sandy nature, where the grass is coarse and is covered with a low mimosa scrub. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z There are charming groves and parks and treeless downs, and the river cuts through the 76 alluvial soil to a depth of eight and ten feet, throwing up broad beaches on either side. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z They are usually settled on the larger rivers, such as Hunter, Clarence, Brisbane rivers, where they have small farms on the alluvial soil, or are engaged in agriculture, or vine cultivation. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z There is the deep alluvial soil, the ground litter of leaves and decaying logs, the low bushes and small trees, and finally the tall trees of the forest. A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico 2011-12-31T03:00:17.400Z I started at 9 a.m., before the hoar-frost had melted, and rode with the zaptieh over flat, stoneless, alluvial soil, with some irrigation and the remains of some fine canals. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z On the convex side was a strip of alluvial soil about seventy feet wide, covered by large forest-trees and some tangled undergrowth. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Egypt is really a ribbon of alluvial soil following the stream on either side. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z The cotton plant likes a light sandy soil, or a black alluvial soil like that of the Mississippi margins. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The marbles which occupied the pediments and the metopes of the temple have been in large part recovered, having been probably thrown down by earthquakes and gradually buried in the alluvial soil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The province of Tayabas is very mountainous, and is still mostly covered with forest; there are no wide valleys of alluvial soil. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z The use of dredging apparatus is modern, but the natives have worked the alluvial soil and the sand of the seashore for generations to get the gold they contain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Kham literally means black, and Egypt in early times was called “the black country,” from the black alluvial soil brought down by the Nile. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z These plains were of fine black alluvial soil, so thinly timbered as to have hardly a tree visible within range of the eye. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z The bottom Plains. of these plains consists of an alluvial soil, the most fertile in Greece. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z At Tumbao it bifurcates, and enters the Bay of Illana by two mouths forming a long narrow delta of deep and rich alluvial soil. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Kazu made good time in the gorge, but his feet sank a hundred feet into the soft alluvial soil of the lowlands and he had constantly to watch out for villages and farms. The Image and the Likeness 2011-08-23T02:00:33.617Z Our alluvial soils on Connecticut River, and in some other parts of the country, are equal to any lands; but these have not, ordinarily, a wide extent of clay subsoil. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z The term "bottom" is applied, in the West, to extensive tracts of level and arable alluvial soil, whether covered by, or denuded of, native forest trees. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z How terribly true those words of warning returned now which I had read some months before in one of the Sydney newspapers, "Beware of the rich alluvial soil along the banks of rivers." The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Light alluvial soil near rivers or streams is adapted to melon growth, and many an old meadow now weedy and unprofitable might be used to advantage for one of these crops. Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them 2011-05-10T02:00:58.433Z It is from the free, pure Nile they draw it at will, and over the pure alluvial soil they carry it. Notes on Old Edinburgh 2011-05-03T02:00:17.180Z The valley bed is more or less covered with alluvial soil, and cultivated in places by artificial irrigation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z They consist of black alluvial soil, of unknown depth, and partaking largely of the properties of marl; and the heavy growth of forest trees by which it is covered, indicates the strength of the soil. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z But they produce those alluvial soils which are more prolific of vegetation than any other on the globe. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z The flat alluvial soil bordering on the lake is very fertile, and the climate is well adapted for fruit cultivation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z But all the plain in every direction seems dry and dusty; arid, too, and not rich alluvial soil, like the plains of Bœotia. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The Garonne valley, with a fine alluvial soil, grows, productively and profitably, corn, tobacco, and hemp; and by the utmost industry and intelligence the workers are able to prosper exceedingly. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z The valleys have a rich alluvial soil, well fitted for cultivation; but our limits will not allow us to mention the vegetable productions of the country. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The level portions of the country are mostly of tertiary formation, and the river and coast regions consist mainly of alluvial soil of great fertility. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Wide vallies of alluvial soil, commonly susceptible of irrigation from copious streams in the highlands, wind through the recesses of these mountains and afford a delightful region for the purposes of agriculture. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 The eastern tract consists of rich alluvial soil, well watered, and subject to fertilizing inundations, yielding heavy crops of coarse rice, oil-seeds and jute. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Flint saw hundreds of these deep chasms remaining in an alluvial soil, seven years after. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology After the deluge, we find the human race settled in the plains of the Euphrates and Tigris, attracted thither by the fertility of their alluvial soils. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science Thus we see plantations of Spruce on dry, sandy hill-tops, from whence the poor trees must look with longing eyes to their true home in the moist, alluvial soil of the valley-bottom below. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The rivers running out of the mountains have carved out the usual long deep valleys, and spread the bottoms with rich alluvial soil. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses The eastern banks tend to rise sharply from the rivers; the western parts of the valleys may have broad fields with alluvial soils. Area Handbook for Bulgaria Those houses in Chili of which the foundations were on rock were less damaged than such as were built on alluvial soil. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The eastern portion, bordering upon the Mississippi, is flat and marshy, with many lakes and bayous, and has a rich, alluvial soil. Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant The alluvial soil of the lowland plains, therefore, tends to be sterile in addition to receiving its precipitation seasonally and being poorly drained. Area Handbook for Albania The deep alluvial soil covered with moss and decayed vegetation nourishes a luxuriant tangled undergrowth of vine maple, willow, and devil's-club. The Forests of Mount Rainier National Park Prefers alluvial soil, with clay subsoil susceptible of good drainage, south slope preferred. The Apple The river banks were low and soft where the stream cuts through the alluvial soil a channel many feet below the level of the Plains. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas It principally affects the alluvial soil near the mouths of the great rivers, and more particularly the delta Epidemicity. of the Ganges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Lowland oak forests contain poorer species that rarely grow in excess of thirty feet tall, but the thick undergrowth they usually allow provides stability and improves the alluvial soil. Area Handbook for Albania When the fruit-trees began to bear, then I lived in luxury, for in this alluvial soil all trees flourish, to that it is a pleasure to see them. Timar's Two Worlds The greater amount of low alluvial soils, like those of the Ganges and Irawaddi, is, in my mind, the truer reason. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies Dr. Van Fleet, the originator of Princeps, who distributed it through Vaughan's Seed Store, says that the variety should never be planted on recently manured land, but in a naturally deep, rich, alluvial soil. The Gladiolus A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Gladiolus It is said to fail on some rich alluvial soils at the West. Soil Culture Riparia gloire should be planted only on rich, deep alluvial soil containing an abundance of plant food and humus, what would be called good garden land, such as river bank soil not liable to overflow. Manual of American Grape-Growing The two men had dug through two feet of alluvial soil, and about five feet of sand. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California Never was a land richer than this in alluvial soil, in refreshing rains, and in bountiful rivers. India, Its Life and Thought This may answer in some cases, particularly on very rich, alluvial soils, but, in general, it will not do as a definite policy year in and year out. The Pecan and its Culture The rich alluvial soils of the West are regarded unfavorable to the cherry. Soil Culture They do well, however, only in deep, rich, alluvial soils which are neither too wet nor too dry. Manual of American Grape-Growing The most favorable localities for growing this vegetable in the South are near the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, especially near the mouths of rivers where there is an alluvial soil and a moist atmosphere. The Cauliflower The alluvial soil of these islands is a marvel of fertility. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) The Ochre brook bounded it on one side, and the current had scoured out for itself an ever-deepening channel in the soft, alluvial soil. The Doomsman On very loose soils, as muck land and alluvial soils, the roots of the plants grow too near the surface, and are exposed to being thrown out by winter frosts, and destroyed. Soil Culture The river, running through an absolutely flat country, composed entirely of alluvial soil, is apt to change its channel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The term "bottom" is used throughout the West, to denote the alluvial soil on the margin of rivers, usually called "intervales," in New England. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The river, like the Nile, is subject to inundations, though less regular than the Nile, and this, of course, deposits a rich alluvial soil. Ancient States and Empires These Islands are composed of rich alluvial soil, and produce large crops of grass and grain. History of New Brunswick The application of a little common salt on rich alluvial soils, is a great advantage in growing timber. Soil Culture Deltas of rivers, 43, 55; alluvial soil in, 64. Conservation Reader The alluvial soil of the rivers produces cotton wood and sycamore timber of amazing size. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West In their native range the pecan, hickory, and walnut thrive on the alluvial soils of the Missouri and Mississippi River Valleys. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 Indian Corn or Maize, flourishes in high perfection on the intervales, which are generally composed of alluvial soil. History of New Brunswick The deep-black alluvial soils of the Western prairies are an exception to all other soils, possessing, under proper treatment, great powers of production. Soil Culture U. S. Department of Agriculture A flood plain, where alluvial soil has been deposited by the river. Conservation Reader More than 100 bushels are produced from an acre, on the rich alluvial soils of the bottom lands, though from 40 to 50 bushels per acre ought to be considered an average crop. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Along the banks of the Ottawa there is a great extent of rich alluvial soil; each year develops large districts of fertile land, before unknown. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) The country around is low, with a rich alluvial soil. A Letter from Major Robert Carmichael-Smyth to His Friend, the Author of 'The Clockmaker' Thus seed raised on hard hills is highly valuable for alluvial soils. Soil Culture The part of the soil which the water carried away to form the rich valley lands and deltas is known as alluvial soil. Conservation Reader There is no alluvial soil, or bottoms along the streams, or grass in the forests. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West In Mentone, the greatest damage occurred to houses of two storeys built on alluvial soil in the low-lying parts near the sea and in the valleys. A Study of Recent Earthquakes Accordingly, experience has all along shown the great superiority of that soil, and of alluvial soils generally, which are all more or less similar to it. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry But the large yields of wheat on the Western prairies, and on the rich alluvial soils of California river-bottoms, shows that the best of wheat may grow on other than clay lands. Soil Culture Along the banks of the rivers run narrow strips of alluvial soil, liable to yearly inundation; and these may be made amenable to the ordinary processes of agriculture. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 At the verge of the alluvial soil on the margins of rivers, there are ranges of "bluffs" intersected with ravines. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West If strong enough, they may precipitate landslips or fissure the alluvial soil near river-channels. A Study of Recent Earthquakes The river had furrowed out a deep channel in the alluvial soil, and at low water, it had tolerably high bluffs on each side of it. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi It is known that the rich alluvial soils of the West are remarkable for retaining water in winter. Soil Culture In Nova Scotia, as well as in other parts of North America, large level spaces are found covered with a rich alluvial soil, from which spring up waving fields of wild grass. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The first weeding was done with the cultivator, and in the light alluvial soil of the clearing it was easy work even for a boy like me to use it alone. Field and Forest The Fortunes of a Farmer "What is alluvial soil, Doctor?" asked Mrs. Blossom, who had read very little besides her Bible and denominational newspaper. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics In Hyde County, North Carolina, near the ocean, the water-table is close to the surface and there is a deep black alluvial soil with a great deal of water in it. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 The alluvial soils of the West need no enriching after double-plowing. Soil Culture In consequence, the rivers which flow from their heights have a long course on the Atlantic side, and have carried down a large quantity of alluvial soil. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The spaces between these granite masses is now filled in with alluvial soil, intersected in every direction with rivers and streams, and on the low alluvial bank of the Sarāwak river stands this little town. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy It is true, that some other lands present more comparative fertility, but the Australias contain sufficient alluvial soils to satisfy the wants of millions. The History of Tasmania , Volume II Mr. Lake: The fact that it is rich alluvial soil does not usually bar coniferous trees; it may in your section. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 If allowed to grow as fast as they will incline to, on alluvial soils, when they are exposed to severe winters, they will disappoint growers. Soil Culture They render the farmer great service, by eating the cockle-burs which grow on the rich alluvial soil of Carolina. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The alluvial soil is a rich clay loam. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy This is of a special quality, grown in alluvial soil—the intervals of rivers which overflow at certain seasons of the year. The Philippine Islands Huge masses of alluvial soil in the bottom of the valley had evidently been turned over, and indeed a few labourers were still at work upon these. Impressions of South Africa The waters abound with fish; and the alluvial soil of some parts, near the banks of the lake, promises every encouragement to the active industry of the agriculturist. The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. The Nile god, Knum, Lord of Elephantine, was reputed to have formed the world of alluvial soil. The Evolution of the Dragon The general character of the Samarahan is similar to that of other rivers flowing through alluvial soils; the stream is deep, with muddy banks and bottom, and apparently free from danger or obstruction. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Its corresponding valley branched off to the right, about eight miles in length, containing fine pasturage and rich alluvial soil. The Settler and the Savage Licorice succeeds best in deep, rich, rather sandy, or in alluvial soil. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Indeed, on some of the cotton lands of this region I have looked in vain to find even a pebble, so fine is the alluvial soil. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development When it reaches the alluvial soil of Babylonia proper, its current and also its depth are considerably diminished through the numerous canals that form an outlet for its waters. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Along the river there were large patches of alluvial soil which might easily be irrigated, though it is probable that at certain periods they would be rapidly cut to pieces by high water. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 The inhabitants of Kalo possess gardens, where the rich alluvial soil produces a superabundance of coco-nuts, bananas, yams, sweet potatoes, and taro. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia For general crops, a rich, hazel loam, or deep, rich, alluvial soil, is next best; but, for the most abundant of all, a strong loam, inclining to clay. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. There are vast tracts of land in this state, of virgin country, consisting of pure alluvial soil, waiting population to cultivate it, and the whole forms an agricultural region of much promise. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Even when it approaches the alluvial soil of the south, it does not lose its character until well advanced in its course to the gulf. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria At first sight it would appear that the ancient ditch antedated the deposit of alluvial soil forming the bottom land at this point, and this hypothesis is supported by several facts of importance. Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 179-262 The alluvial soils of river bottoms in the South produce good crops. Clovers and How to Grow Them A rich, sandy, alluvial soil, impregnated with salt, is naturally best adapted to the growth of Asparagus; and, in such soil, its cultivation is an easy matter. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. This black Mustard is a tall smooth plant, having entire leaves, and smooth seed pods, being now grown for the market on rich alluvial soil chiefly in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure An open sandy or loamy alluvial soil is considered ideal. Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer It is formed of spring water, which, by exposure, becomes more pure, and of running land or surface water, which, although turbid from particles of the alluvial soil suspended in it, is otherwise very pure. A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy But it will grow much better, of course, on good, rich land, as on moist loams and rich alluvial soils. Clovers and How to Grow Them The rocks cease at the last portage; and below it the banks are composed of alluvial soil, which is held together by the roots of trees and shrubs that crown their summits. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 The real land of Egypt is the narrow strip of alluvial soil which forms the Nile banks, and the fertile delta which spreads fan-like from Cairo to the sea. Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt "The tree that doth best front the gates," said one of the men, pointing with his torch to an elm in the alluvial soil: "my lord said the tree that doth best front the gates." The Lady of Fort St. John Next, we have alluvial soils, those composed of materials which have been transported by streams, commonly from a great distance, and laid down on their flood plains. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Within this small region, composed of recent alluvial soil and traversed by the Quinali River, a great number of fissures opened and various subsidences took place. Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909 The banks of the river, and its islands, composed of alluvial soil, are well covered with pines, larches, poplars, and willows. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 Its periodic inundations, with their rich deposits of alluvial soil, repel the encroaching wastes, and solve the problem of the food supply. Nature Mysticism Those before the French were not so strong and were in alluvial soil on the plain. My Second Year of the War In alluvial soils we find accumulations which are characterized by growth on their upper surfaces, and by the distant transportation of the materials of which they are composed. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Farther west the armies pass through broad valleys or basins, once the beds of great lakes, whose rich, alluvial soil give forth abundant crops of cereals. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne We had emerged from the muddy channels through an alluvial soil, and the primitive rocks interrupted our way with frequent portages, through the whole route to Isle à la Crosse Lake. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 It is found in nodules of various sizes in alluvial soils, or on the seashore in many places, particularly on the shores of the Baltic. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction The scarcity of minerals in these districts had now become sufficiently obvious to them; yet even to men in quest of little beyond gold the extraordinary fertility of the alluvial soil was not altogether lost. South America The latter in a deep rent in alluvial soil. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi The mild climate all the way around the coast from Virginia to Texas and the character of the alluvial soil invited the exercise of more imagination. History of the United States There was no danger of the stiff alluvial soil falling in even if a shell had buried itself and burst above the entrance to any of these cool grottoes. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith Down the midst runs the one long line of alluvial soil—in other words, Nile mud—which alone allows cultivation and life in that rainless district. Science in Arcady The London Asparagus, which is prized by many for its full flavour and tenderness, is for the most part grown near at hand, in deep alluvial soils enriched with abundance of manure. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition From Louisville to the mouth of Salt river, twenty miles, the country is level, with a rich alluvial soil, probably at some former period the bed of a lake. Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, during the Year 1844 By a Visiter Mining in the soft alluvial soil would have been dangerous work, especially as the town ditch was deep and supplied with abundant water from the Euphrates. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Low meadows were in a state of inundation, and on alluvial soils the ravages of the floods Were visible in layers of mud and gravel that were deposited over many of the prostrate corn fields. The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three No quarries being found in that alluvial soil, they made bricks for stone, and used slime for mortar. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens It will be observed that the markets are supplied from sheltered alluvial soils, that have been much cultivated, and kept in high condition by abundant manuring. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition He, carrying down the fine alluvial soil of Lombardy, goes on lazily adding, foot by foot, to the depth of his delta, and mile by mile to its extent. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Proceeded through a light soil, slightly elevated with a little ironstone on the surface, the volcanic rock cropping out occasionally; also some flats of black alluvial soil. A Source Book of Australian History On the alluvial soils of western Washington and the irrigated lands of the eastern valleys, potatoes yield exceedingly heavy crops of fine tubers, often from 400 to 600 bushels per acre. A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 We could find no ancient remains near it, as the Tigris is constantly changing its course, and was still eating away the bank of alluvial soil, upon the edge of which the building stood. The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Here is also a nugget or ingot, and here are some small pieces gathered out of certain alluvial soils in Brazil, Mexico, California, and the Uralian districts of Russia. The Chemical History of a Candle More of the alluvial soil of the road had dropped out at the bad place; but he took the V in reverse, overhung the front wheel as before, and from the top came ahead again. Dutch Courage and Other Stories Just as these civilizations were rendered possible by the rich alluvial soil of the Nile, the Euphrates, and the Tigris, so the original civilization of China was rendered possible by the Yellow River. The Problem of China The streams have been literally turned out of their beds for the sake of a few acres of alluvial soil. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama We had emerged from the muddy channels through an alluvial soil, and the primitive rocks interrupted our way with frequent portages through the whole route to Isle a la Crosse Lake. The Journey to the Polar Sea Next morning we rode off to Miraflores, passing on our way the curious stratum of alluvial soil containing pottery, &c., which I have described already. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern You have everywhere gravel or flinty chalk, with but a narrow bed of alluvial soil, upon either bank to represent the original overflow of the river. The Historic Thames In the narrow valley all was flourishing and green, attesting the rich luxuriance of the alluvial soil. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Rich in alluvial soil, open and attractive to the eye, and near the sea, it wanted only greater extent to be one of the finest districts in the Islands. The Long White Cloud The banks of the river and its islands, composed of alluvial soil, are well covered with pines, larches, poplars, and willows. The Journey to the Polar Sea A valley floored with rich alluvial soil from the hills that rise steeply on both sides, their tops shrouded in clouds. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern The slopes of the alluvial soil were dotted with little buttes of mingled sandstone and shale, varying from five to twenty feet in height, many of them bearing a grotesque likeness to artificial objects. Overland To these ridges succeed sandy forest land and low hills, except on the banks of the rivulets, where a belt of alluvial soil is to be found. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. The alluvial soil through which the Mississippi runs easily yields to the action of the fierce current. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation The rocks ceased at the last portage and below it the banks are composed of alluvial soil which is held together by the roots of trees and shrubs that crown their summits. The Journey to the Polar Sea It requires a deep, rich, alluvial soil, with plenty of room and a good supply of water. Gardening for the Million It is a healthy spot; the earth sandy and rocky, presenting a strong contrast to the loomy and alluvial soil of Southern Bengal. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number) Its banks here were 20 feet high, and covered with grass; partially broken or washed down, they disclosed to view a rich alluvial soil, nearly two feet deep. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. It occurs in alluvial soil, in the vicinity of rocks belonging to the secondary or floetz-trap formation, and imbedded in gneiss. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 560, August 4, 1832 The ostrich fern is fairly common in alluvial soil over the United States and Canada. The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada The rich, alluvial soil often causes a luxuriant growth of grass, cottonwood or bush, which affords the best of grazing and refuge for any one when hard pressed by the enemy. Cowmen and Rustlers A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges It occupies a fine plain with rich alluvial soil, well watered, and almost entirely under cultivation. Modern India And the quiet waters of this channel generally bathe a fringe of low alluvial soil, loaded with the most beautiful productions of the tropics, and lying at the foot of the wild, abrupt, central mountains. The Voyage of the Beagle The land on The Bench was rich alluvial soil. Southern Lights and Shadows Holland has for essential characteristic that of being a land formed of alluvial soil. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic The gold of New Grenada is found in alluvial soil, and is washed out in the shape of spangles and grains. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Crossed the plain, which is alluvial soil, covered with grass, but very dry. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart The valley of the Meinam, not over six hundred miles in length, is as a long deep dent or fissure in the alluvial soil. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok So I have seen an island in a river, a nucleus of rock with an environment of alluvial soil. Moral Philosophy If the alluvial soil yielded little stone, clay, on the other hand, was everywhere. Early European History Before a part of the immense plains of America was geologically examined, it might have been supposed that their uniform and continued horizontality was caused by alluvial soils, or at least by arenaceous tertiary strata. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 We found the open parts of the plain black alluvial soil so rotten and cracked, that the horses were sinking over their knees; this continued for six miles. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart Opposite to us is the pass of Thermopylae, of which pass there is now no remains, the sea having receded and a considerable plain of alluvial soil now exists where the Pass must have been. Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir M.C., the owner of a fine estate of twelve thousand acres, a good deal of it alluvial soil. The Bushman — Life in a New Country What was the special cause of the fen itself? why did not the great lowland become a fertile ‘carse’ of firm alluvial soil, like that of Stirling? Prose Idylls, New and Old The country is much the same as that which we have already passed thro', being a plain, with a rich alluvial soil, mulberry trees and a number of solidly built stone farmhouses. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 The valley and banks of the creeks are of beautiful alluvial soil. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart The Wistarias are of simple culture, but succeed best in rather rich alluvial soil, and where protection from cold winds is provided. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs It is one of the most important productions of an alluvial soil, and belongs to the vegetable rather than the mineral kingdom. The Book of Household Management We pursued our way over hard alluvial soil to sand, and thence passed into a growth of stiff yellow grass not unlike a stubble in English September. First Footsteps in East Africa The soil of the first three feet, or a trifle more or less, is the common alluvial soil of the Onondaga valley. The American Goliah The country that I have travelled over to-day is of the very finest description, rich black alluvial soil, completely matted with grass, the water most excellent and abundant. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart Down the terraced slopes and right to the water's edge on the alluvial soil it stands in ranks. The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake The flowers are quite different from those of the peaty marshes on the opposite side of the district, belonging to an alluvial soil, washed down from the chalk hills. John Keble's Parishes In none of these cases did they get to the bottom of the alluvial soil. The Antiquity of Man At the foot of the mountain- slope, there are about three acres of low alluvial soil, that was formerly covered with a coarse, useless herbage of the swamp. Success with Small Fruits I changed to 3 degrees north of west, crossed some stony hills and broad valleys with splendid alluvial soil, the hills grassed to the top. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart With irrigation the rich alluvial soil of the desert will grow anything, and the original owner planned to raise garden-truck and cater to the local trade. The Long Chance All the requirements as to position, soil and climate are abundantly filled by the counties with alluvial soils along the seacoast. School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time We happened to have a lot of hard spring wheat, and this alluvial soil, deep and rich, was worth tackling. West Wind Drift Some of the flats near the creek contain the richest alluvial soil, and are clothed with luxuriant vegetation. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia Proceeded through a light soil, slightly elevated, with a little ironstone on the surface—the volcanic rock cropping out occasionally; also some flats of black alluvial soil. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart It is essentially a northern fruit, requiring coolness, moisture, and alluvial soils. The Home Acre If you are on river flats with an alluvial soil, rather loose to a considerable depth, dynamiting is not necessary. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered I found a red Passion flower, with three-lobed leaves, the lobes rounded: it was twining round the trunk of a gum tree, and rooted in a light sandy alluvial soil. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Generally speaking, for their extent the soil is not good, but there are patches of alluvial soil, the deposits of creeks falling from the hills, that are rich and fertile. Expedition into Central Australia Proceeded on a west-north-west course over a firm ground of black alluvial soil. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart Fires had to be built and kept going all night, piled up on heaps of alluvial soil dug out during the day. Spinifex and Sand It was a farm made up of the alluvial soil of the lowlands and was a rather pretentious tract of tillage, compared with the other hillside apologies of Egypt. When Egypt Went Broke It is on an exhausted farm of rocky, irregular, grazing ground, with a meadow of rich alluvial soil. The Wedding Guest Chrystallized Sulphate of Lime.—Found imbedded in the alluvial soil forming the banks of the Darling river. Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Complete Proceeded on my east course to the west, about one mile and a half, to some small green marshy plains of black alluvial soil, with a spring in the centre, covered with fine green grass. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart A part of the timber had already been cleared to admit of “dry-blowing” operations—a process adopted for the separation of gold from alluvial soil in the waterless parts of Australia. Spinifex and Sand Crystallized Sulphate of Lime.—Found imbedded in the alluvial soil forming the banks of the Darling river. Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume I Lands were also tilled along the extreme lower reaches, where the great rock-walls fall back and alluvial soils border the stream. The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons The 'three acres and a cow' is with them four acres of alluvial soil to a family on an average, with 'runs' for yaks and sheep on the mountains. Among the Tibetans Unlike many of the other islands, there extends nearly all round Tahiti a belt of low, alluvial soil, teeming with the richest vegetation. Omoo In many places the alluvial soil is not more than a few inches in depth. Spinifex and Sand Iceland, which is entirely devoid of alluvial soil, is wholly composed of volcanic tufa, that is to say, an agglomeration of porous rocks and stones. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth The whole of that country is rich alluvial soil, which produces vast agricultural wealth. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 We are even now witnessing the operation that has formed, and is still increasing, the vast tract of alluvial soil through which we have passed. Ismailia Our camp was pitched by the river Rumuma, where, sheltered from the winds, and enriched by alluvial soil, there ought to have been no scarcity; but still the villagers had nothing to sell. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile We now travelled for upward of a hundred miles along the bank of the Rahad, through a monotonous scene of flat alluvial soil. In the Heart of Africa They hardly spoke to each other, and immediately set out on their climb into the interior of this solemn country, which stood high above the rich alluvial soil they had left half-an-hour before. Wessex Tales Nevertheless on that rich alluvial soil Nature's tears seemed only to fatten the widow's acres and increase her crops. Under the Redwoods Their country consists simply of rich alluvial soil, therefore all iron must be imported, and it is of great value. Ismailia The garden rested in a rich, alluvial soil, and under the quickening Californian sky had developed far beyond the ability of its late cultivator to restrain or keep it in order. Openings in the Old Trail We travelled for upwards of a hundred miles along the river, through the unvarying scene of flat alluvial soil; the south bank was generally covered with low jungle. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs Some miles farther the wheels of the wagon plowed deep into the alluvial soil, where irregular creeks murmured in their beds, half hidden among giant reeds. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant Even on the alluvial soil upon the banks of rivers sugar does not pay the proprietor. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon The shores were in some places high and rocky, with low marshy islands at their feet, subject to inundation, and covered with willows, poplars, and other trees that love an alluvial soil. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Every year the floods deposited a rich alluvial soil on this spot, where there should be no difficulty in growing osiers. The Country Doctor The country was treeless on the north bank of the Rahad, and the rich alluvial soil was free from a single stone or pebble for many miles. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs The alluvial soil upon the banks of rivers is adapted for the growth of cotton and tobacco, but not for the sugar-cane. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon |
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