thin soil

collocation in English

meaningsofthinandsoil

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thin
adjective
uk
/θɪn/us
/θɪn/
having a small distance between two ...
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soil
noun
uk
/sɔɪl/us
/sɔɪl/
the material on the surface of the ground in which ...
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(Definition ofthinandsoilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In these the hard-pan of re-cemented decomposed rock that closely underlies thethinsoilproduces severe water-logging in the latter in heavy rain.
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These forests form on limestone outcroppings with verythinsoil; the higher elevation separating them from other habitats such as coastal marshes and marl prairies.
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Underthinsoilor exposed bedrock water tends to run off, reducing the chance of the decomposition of bedrock.
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The plant communities are fragile because of their tenuous attachment tothinsoilabove the rock substrate.
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The vegetation is dictated by thethinsoilmantle and the presence of limestone cavities.
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It grows in habitats such as dry forests and thethinsoilaround rock outcrops.
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When the grazing stopped, the landscape didn't grow to, because of thethinsoil.
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Unique habitats are found on alvars, extremely level expanses of limestone withthinsoilmantles.
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The species grows in exposed, rocky habitat, anchoring inthinsoilaccumulated in rock crevices.
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Thethinsoiland limited farming land kept the village small and the population poor.
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There was verythinsoilland, and a rocky terrain.
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Many of the plantations occupy land unsuitable for other commercial uses, or where peat extraction has been completed, leaving poor qualitythinsoilcover behind.
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It isthinsoiland conducive to small grape crops.
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The same is true for alvars (limestone areas covered withthinsoiland stunted vegetation).
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It does best inthinsoil, primarily in areas with limestone.
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Its dry climate andthinsoilhamper commercial agricultural development.
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The local terrain shows obvious evidence of recent glaciation and is covered bythinsoiland acidic peat.
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Furthermore, on these thin soils interspersed with rocky outcrops, the availability of nutrients for tree growth is also limited.
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Physical characteristics included are impermeable bedrock,thinsoil, lack of vegetation, very steep converging topography, many fluvial systems joining in a confined area, a temperate wet climate and land use.
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Most glades include small areas of bare rock where nothing grows, gravelly areas where only grasses grow, and patches of verythinsoilthat support shrubs and small red cedars.
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