calcrete

Surrounding the pans on a larger scale (on less brackish soil) are grasslands dominated by Odyssea paucinervis and Cynodon dactylon with Cenchrus ciliaris and Eriochloa meyeriana dominating the crests of calcrete escarpments.

Zambezian halophytics 2008

The sands of this ecoregion vary in depth, and are underlain mainly by calcrete.

Kalahari xeric savanna 2008

Much of the region is occupied by sand dunes, with areas of calcrete and silcrete.

Great Victoria desert 2008

Steep escarpments of white calcrete, marking the perimeter of the ancient lake, run along the shores of the pans, rising between 70 and 100 meters (m) above their surface.

Zambezian halophytics 2008

The halomorphic soils of the Etosha area overlie calcrete and are shallow, alkaline, high in water soluble salts while poor in both phosphates and nitrogen.

Angolan Mopane woodlands 2008

Much of the region consists of undulating plains characterized by low parallel sand dunes underlain by calcrete, with several centers of geologically recent volcanic activity in the Mount Gambier district.

Naracoorte woodlands 2008

Away from the pan, the soils are shallow, brackish and alkaline and are associated with calcrete.

Etosha Pan halophytics 2007

Contact springs are the most common and are found at the edge of the pan where water-bearing calcrete comes to an end and water flows out onto the surface because the underlying layers of clay are impermeable.

Etosha Pan halophytics 2007

We were doing the elephant dung counts in the Triangle region and headed out to the Golden Highway, which bisected the West Caprivi in a seemingly endless stretch of white calcrete, corrugated in the dry season and treacherously slippery in the wet season.

The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

The undulating plains of the region are characterized by low parallel sandridges underlain by calcrete, which frequently outcrops in the swales.

Murray-Darling woodlands and mallee 2007