Definition of loess
: an unstratified usually buff to yellowish brown loamy deposit found in North America, Europe, and Asia and believed to be chiefly deposited by the wind
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Hard brown loess lightly sprinkled with stunted shrubs and bleak weeds stretches for miles.
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Origin and Etymology of loess
German Löss
Other Geology Terms
anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale
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