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Meanings of caliche in English

Crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions.

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Examples for "hardpan"
Examples for "hardpan"
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The soil was light sand with a clay hardpan three feet down.
Three Acres and Liberty
2
I nodded, squinting into the red brightness reflected off my hardpan yard.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
3
Are other crops affected by hardpan being so close to the surface?
One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered
4
Lying immobile on the hardpan, waiting for the virals to take him.
The passage
5
In half a minute they were crossing the hardpan of the spaceport itself.
The Hyperion Cantos
Usage of caliche in English
1
What's more, underneath the top six inches of dirt topsoil is a clay-like sub layer called caliche.
BBC
2
Diggin in that hard caliche.
No country for old men
3
One day I was hauling caliche in the county truck to fill in holes in the road by a bridge.
The Life of Me: An Autobiography
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Stirring up a swirl of caliche dust from the road, he planted his feet, in knee-high boots, on the ground.
The story of us
5
The approach to Caliche is short and steep, and once at the base, you're rewarded with a stellar view.
Climbing Magazine
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Caliche is a calcium carbonate mineral used in the manufacture of Portland cement and to make lime for soil stabilization.
Reuters
Caliche through the time