red soil
noun
: any of a group of zonal soils that develop in a warm temperate moist climate under deciduous or mixed forests and that have thin organic and organic-mineral layers overlying a yellowish-brown leached layer resting on a red horizon marked by illuviation
called also red podzolic soil
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The red soil of Uganda is 7,000 miles away from New Jersey, where Kasumba, No. 6, and fellow catcher Indiana Stanley walk through the tunnel at Trenton Thunder Ballpark.
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Wally Skalij, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
Someone sprints to the drone, whose white fuselage stands out against the iron-rich red soil, and covers it with a dark net.
—WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
Redstone Arsenal, named after northern Alabama’s red soil, was established in 1941 as a war chemicals plant with an ordnance facility next door.
—Alexandra Heal, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
Plus, the glow from the red soil was super flattering.
—Sue D. Gelber, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023
Passengers on board get the full experience, including specialty drinks, music, and amazing views of the agave plantations that contrast the red soil and the blue plant.
—Christin Parcerisa Vigueras, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2023
This soil, also called simulant, is designed and created to mimic the red soil on Mars.
—Chelsea Gohd, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2018
Kids rifled through spoil piles for beads or pretty potsherds, while the older ones dug craters into the red soil.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2011
Future space travelers could depend on Martian dirt for everything from building structures on the planet’s surface to growing plants in Mars’ dusty, red soil.
—Chelsea Gohd, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2018
Wally Skalij, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
Someone sprints to the drone, whose white fuselage stands out against the iron-rich red soil, and covers it with a dark net.
—WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
Redstone Arsenal, named after northern Alabama’s red soil, was established in 1941 as a war chemicals plant with an ordnance facility next door.
—Alexandra Heal, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
Plus, the glow from the red soil was super flattering.
—Sue D. Gelber, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023
Passengers on board get the full experience, including specialty drinks, music, and amazing views of the agave plantations that contrast the red soil and the blue plant.
—Christin Parcerisa Vigueras, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2023
This soil, also called simulant, is designed and created to mimic the red soil on Mars.
—Chelsea Gohd, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2018
Kids rifled through spoil piles for beads or pretty potsherds, while the older ones dug craters into the red soil.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2011
Future space travelers could depend on Martian dirt for everything from building structures on the planet’s surface to growing plants in Mars’ dusty, red soil.
—Chelsea Gohd, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2018
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