- gilgai soil
- nounsoil in the melon holes of Australia• Regions: ↑Australia, ↑Commonwealth of Australia
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gilgai soil
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Gilgai — This article is about the landform. For the town, see Gilgai, New South Wales. Gilgai is an Australian English word referring to a small, ephemeral lake formed from a depression in the soil surface. Gilgais are commonly a few metres across and… … Wikipedia
gilgai — is an Australian word which describes a terrain of low relief on a plain of heavy clay soil, characterised by the presence of hollows, rims, and mounds, as formed by alternating periods of expansion during wet weather and contraction (with deep… … Australian idioms
gilgai — A microfeature pattern of soils composed of a succession of microbasins and microknolls on level areas, or of microtroughs and microridges parallel to the slope on sloping areas, and produced by expansion / contraction and shear / thrust… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
gilgai — /ˈgɪlgaɪ/ (say gilguy) noun 1. a natural soil formation occurring extensively in inland Australia, characterised by a markedly undulating surface sometimes with mounds and depressions; probably caused by swelling and cracking of clays during… …
Australia — noun 1. a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony (Freq. 3) • Syn:… … Useful english dictionary
Commonwealth of Australia — noun a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony • Syn: ↑Australia •… … Useful english dictionary
Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… … Universalium
McLaren Vale — This article discusses the wine region. For the township of the same name, see McLaren Vale, South Australia View towards Mount Lofty from Sellicks Hill. McLaren Vale is a wine region approximately 35 km south of Adelaide in South Australia … Wikipedia
Vertisol — In both the FAO and USA soil taxonomy, a vertisol is a soil in which there is a high content of expansive clay known as montmorillonite that forms deep cracks in drier seasons or years. Alternate shrinking and swelling causes self mulching ,… … Wikipedia
vertisol — /verr teuh sawl , sol /, n. a clay rich soil in which deep cracks form during the dry season. Cf. black land. [1955 60; VERTI(CAL) + SOL] * * * ▪ FAO soil group one of the 30 soil groups in the classification system of the Food and Agriculture… … Universalium
