ENVIRONMENT|natural environment|natural resources|soil resources · SCIENCE|natural and applied sciences|earth sciences|soil science|soil type
- veirteasal Tagairt Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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- Vertisol | Vertosol | Regur | Black cotton soil
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- Sainmhíniú "soil characterised by a clay-size-particle content of 30 percent or more by mass in all horizons (layers) of the upper half-metre of the soil profile, by cracks at least 1 cm (0.4 inch) wide extending downward from the land surface, and by evidence of strong vertical mixing of the soil particles over many periods of wetting and drying" Tagairt "COM-EN, based on: Encyclopaedia Britannica > Science > Earth Science, Geologic Time & Fossils > Earth Sciences > Vertisol (14.10.2020)"
- Nóta Vertisols are also known as black cotton soil (USA), regur (India), vlei soil (South Africa) and margalites (Indonesia).