Sentences with phrase «thin soil»

The volcanic mountain range extends about 21 miles and features slopes with dark, thin soil in the west and a lush, green aesthetic in the east.

Just 18 percent of national forest land is permanently protected wilderness, and much of that is thin soil over rock where trees rarely grow.

He holds a patent for measuring chemical migration on thin soil slurries.

They see a tiny flower poking its way through thin soil and heralding the coming spring.

Additionally, thin soils above limestone bedrock prevented tillage and the resulting forests provided concealment and cover for advancing troops.

The area around the ruins of Machu Picchu consists of many rocky pinnacles with exposures supporting thin soils, although the area also includes sites with complex systems of old Inca terraced land constructed to conserve the soils.

For Scots pine, where «wind throw» is a major problem, especially for trees planted in exposed areas on thin soil, the proportion of sick trees rose from 41 per cent to 64 per cent.

Peirce stated it almost perfectly when he said that one - sided, extreme positions furnish the thin soil which is most easily turned up to reveal absurdities.

The smaller one, the Warm Temperate Biome, reflects the climate of Mediterranean, South Africa, and California, where plants survive in drought and poor, thin soils.

And because most alvars have a thin soil and limestone bedrock, the afforestation process during the Soviet era included furrowing and even blasting planting holes with explosives.

Farming methods that were successful in the rich, loamy soils of Northern Europe were ill - suited to Greenland's colder, thinner soil and shorter growing seasons.

We also recommended applying one ton per acre of chicken litter, twice a year, for one or two years in order to get more organic matter into the thin soil.

The lentils, grown on the thin soils of the area, are very small and almost black in colour.

The lentils, grown on the thin soils of the area, are very small and almost black in color.

Largely sandstone, with only a thin soil layer and frequent outcrops of bedrock, the shores of these islands are often eroded in bizarre, picturesque shapes.

Because of thin soils and the rugged terrain, and the action of hurricanes, the natural form of the vegetation is a dense, medium height forest.

About 15 Ka ago the ice front was receding north there, so I'm guessing your trees grow on glacial moraine or outwash in thin soil.

Although the thin soil of the region is not well suited to crops or cattle, conversion for agricultural purposes has been a problem — one that's associated with the drug cartels.

While the plants can cope with dry, thin soils, foilage may become pale and yellow on very shallow soil over chalk.