Sentences with word «caliche»

There is an extensive, very well developed caliche forest on San Miguel Island.

With a variety of soils on the land and so many rocks that he suggests visitors take one with them, Swafford said caliche has yielded the best growth thus far.

The book received its official welcome at a star - studded Malibu launch party hosted by model Cindy Crawford and sponsored by Casmigos and Caliche Rum.

Stacked on top of that wall are blocks of Caliche natural clay, a very uncommon material for this area.

By caliche: Explore Medina from the comfort of a horse - drawn carriage.

Straight from wishbones in Playa Jaco — fresh tuna seasoned with caliche's secret marinade.

Smaller but no less significant vegetation communities include coastal dune, baccharis scrub, caliche scrub, and wetlands.

This is the most spectacular caliche to be found on any of the California Channel Islands.

Second, our home sits on solid rock, also known as caliche.

Another popular hike is to the Island's caliche forest.

Now I mentioned earlier that there are only three trees on the island, the palms on the beach... The Caliche Forest is an ancient forest that is no longer filled with living trees, rather a Caliche or calcium carbonate buildup of what used to be there.

He led us on a hike to the Caliche Forest about 4 miles round trip.

To see other parts of the island, such as Point Bennett or the caliche forest, you must go with a ranger or volunteer.

Other outstanding island resources that visitors may experience on San Miguel include the caliche forest (sand - castings of ancient vegetation), fossil bones of the Pleistocene pygmy mammoths that stood four to six feet at the shoulders, 150 years of ranching history and numerous shipwrecks.

Caliche is a type of hardened calcium deposit.

The caliche forest, an area of petrified tree stumps is accessible with a guide via a five - mile round - trip hike.