brown soils

American  

plural noun

1. a zonal group of soils with a brown surface horizon, developed on cool to temperate grasslands.

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Example Sentences

Dark brown soils, approaching to black, which, without having much clay in them, appear to the eye to have a mixture of coral.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

Lighter brown soils are more prevalent in rolling lands and in foothills throughout the country.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.