Lateritic

Word LATERITIC
Character 9
Hyphenation lat er it ic
Pronunciations N/A

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This extreme type of weathering is sometimes called lateritic alteration ❋ Unknown (1915)

- the four soil samples may be classified as lateritic or non-lateritic soils according to the value of the following ratio: ❋ Unknown (1987)

The second, the garnierite or "lateritic" type of nickel ores, is somewhat more common and is represented by the deposits of New ❋ Unknown (1915)

Particularly in depressions, these develop a lateritic pan on which woody vegetation is sparse or absent. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Park consists of a lateritic peneplain, with rock outcrops of quartz, schists and gneisses. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Most of the ecoregion has typical lateritic soils with reddish clay, although the soils are younger and less leached in some areas, especially close to the base of the Andes and in the floodplains of the major rivers. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The reddish layers are probably ancient Oxisols or lateritic soils formed under subtropical conditions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The soils are generally poor, lateritic and prone to heavy leaching. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The soils are either highly weathered lateritic clays (oxisols or ultisols) or very young inceptisols. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When applied to infertile, lateritic soils, these practices can lead to soil degradation, such as the gullies that pockmark the central highlands. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Landforms present in this region include the upland terra firme (non-flooded) mostly on nutrient-poor lateritic soils, ancient alluvial plains (mostly non-flooded) on nutrient-rich soils, and present alluvial plains (várzea, seasonally flooded) of super-rich sediments renewed with each annual flood. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In the hilly areas with lateritic soils (the residual product of rock decay), the vegetation is characterized by Xylia xylocarpa, Pterocarpus marsupium, Anogeissus latifolia, Grewia tiliaefolia, Terminalia tomentosa, and Terminalia bellirica. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In the lowlands, pino criollo develops particularly on lateritic soils in a very wet climate. ❋ Unknown (2008)

There are several zones with varying degrees of stripping from the Tertiary lateritic profile. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The teak forests on lateritic soils have typical understory species represented by Cleistanthus collinus, Holarrherna antidysenterica, Bauhinia racemosa, and Kydia calycina. ❋ Unknown (2008)

To the south, this ecoregion is further delineated by the Whicher Range, a crescent-shaped scarp of lateritic Mesozoic sediments. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Within the predominant semi-evergreen forests of this ecoregion are patches of several other habitat types, such as canebrakes, wet bamboo brakes, moist bamboo brakes, lateritic semi-evergreen forests, and secondary moist bamboo breaks. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Curatella americana, a widespread element of Neotropical savannas, is not found in the more nutrient-rich flooded savannas, but rather is restricted to better-drained, nutrient-poor savannas, typically where there are lateritic surfaces, termite mounds, or archaeological raised fields. ❋ Unknown (2008)

On the islands of Twante, Myaungmya, and Bassein, lateritic ridges stood above the water. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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