Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A soil rich in soluble salt, often having a salt crust and mineral deposits to a depth of one foot, formed in areas of high evaporation, especially where the water table is close to the surface.
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- noun A pale or grey
soil found inarid tosubhumid conditions with poordrainage .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Russian solončak, from solonets, salty soil, salty lake; akin to Old Church Slavonic slanŭ, salty; see sal- in Indo-European roots.]
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Russian солончак, "salt marsh".
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Examples
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Steppe occupies plateaus, except deep depressions and gullies, lake depressions and solonchak depressions.
Kazakh steppe 2008
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The elevated, inclined foothill plains are typically in the south while low solonchak plains occupy the Caspian coast and depressions.
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The zonal soil type is chernozem, and other common types are solod and solonchak.
Kazakh forest steppe 2007
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