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Definition of desert soil
: a soil that develops under sparse shrub vegetation in warm to cool arid climates with a light-colored surface soil usually underlain by calcareous material and a hardpan layer
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Recent Examples on the Web The research institute also breeds food crops like quinoa that flourish in salty, desert soils.
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Washington Post, "Why Making Seawater Drinkable Doesn’t Thrill Everyone," 8 Mar. 2019 The problems stem from corrosive desert soil, Schwecke said.
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Sammy Roth, latimes.com, "After Aliso Canyon, a gas pipeline exploded — and Californians lost $1 billion," 11 July 2019 Those results were bolstered by others showing that different kinds of bacteria and fungi were present in different layers of desert soil.
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The Economist, "Waiting for rainLife clings on in the driest corners of the Earth," 1 Mar. 2018
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The first known use of desert soil was circa 1938
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