Examples of 'caliche' in a sentence

Meaning of "caliche"

caliche: A noun that typically refers to a type of cemented gravel or soil layer found in arid regions. It is commonly used in geology and construction contexts
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  • A crude form of sodium nitrate from South America; used as a fertilizer.
  • A layer of hard clay subsoil or sedimentary rock; hardpan.

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Caliche beds can cause problems for agriculture.
Digging in that hard old caliche.
Caliche is a type of hardened calcium deposit.
I recall the carcasses were buried in a local caliche pit.
Caliche knew she could not make it in time.
Everything on me and the bike is covered with caliche dust.
Caliche is used in construction worldwide.
The white stuff is caliche.
Caliche is a common feature of arid or semiarid areas throughout the world.
Concrete and caliche.
Caliche is widely used as a base material when it is locally available and cheap.
Other names commonly used for calcrete are caliche and hardpan.
The caliche provides good mineral component to the wines made from these vineyards.
We have caliche.
Caliche is also known as calcrete or kankar in India.

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Soil saturation above the caliche bed can make the condition worse.
Caliche is common throughout Arizona.
Sodium iodate is extracted from the caliche and reduced to iodide by sodium bisulfite.
Caliche can also refer to various claylike deposits in Mexico and Colombia.
They are almost exclusively known from the caliche deposits of Chile.
The most important source of caliche ore as a commercially exploitable resource is found in Chile.
The local Spanish vernacular is called Caliche.
Caliche in Arizona.
The walls were coursed adobe ; the floors were plastered caliche.
However, caliche also forms in other ways.
In some cases, these deposits can form a hard layer called caliche.
However, caliche deposits indicate at least periodic droughts.
She buried him the next morning, digging in that hard old caliche.
Third, caliche beds can also cause the surrounding soil to be basic.
I mean, you can eyeball it and see that soil trace is nothing like desert caliche.
Caliche occurs in the subsoil, the layer beneath the surface soil.
Another popular hike is to the Island 's caliche forest.
The caliche and red beds reflect deposition under arid to semi-arid climate conditions.
Salvatrucha " may be a combination of the words Salvadoran and trucha, a Caliche word for being alert.
The term caliche is Spanish and is originally from the Latin calx, meaning lime.
We will get it to Trace . Concrete and caliche.
In northern Chile and Peru, caliche also refers to mineral deposits that include nitrate salts.
Diggin ' in that hard old caliche.
Grupo Caliche has inaugurated its new headquarters, located in San Javier.
House design evolved into post-reinforced pit-houses, covered with caliche adobe.
Caliche may refer to, Caliche, a hardened deposit of calcium carbonate.
She buried him the next mornin ' . Diggin ' in that hard old caliche.
Caliche can also refer to various clayey deposits in Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Colombia.
Caliche is also known as hardpan, calcrete, kankar ( in India ), or duricrust.

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