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Caliche outcroppings and gravel ridges are common.
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Caliche can sometimes be softened by soaking with water.
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Caliche layers in the root zone should be removed in order for most garden crops to do well.
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Caliche, or a calcic horizon, is common in arid and semiarid regions. 17 It is a hard, whitish alkaline layer resembling limestone and can be many meters thick.
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Caliche usually occurs in the B horizon, but in very arid areas, or where there has been severe erosion, it may extend to the surface.
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Caliche is composed mostly of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), but magnesium carbonate (MgCO3) is usually also present.
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"The Caliche lakes (southwest of George) should be the same game with really good catch rates, but fish will be smaller (8 to 10 inches)."
The Seattle Times 2011
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Anglers that plan to fish the lakes that open March 1 in the Quincy Wildlife Area and Martha Lake and the Caliche lakes near George, will be interested to learn the forecast provided by state Fish and Wildlife.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The Caliche lakes, however were not planted, due to ice cover, and might only get 3,000 small catchables prior to the weekend.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Caliche faced a really early winter freeze, and it iced up so fisheries personnel couldn't do a late fall hatchery trout plant.
The Seattle Times 2011
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