Meaning of lössic | Babel Free
Definitions
Adjective. [B1]
Examples
“According to the Belgian geologists this upper clay is distinguished by the presence of remains of the reindeer, while those of the mammoth occur⟳ in the lower or lössic portion.”
“By reason⟳ of the potential fertility of its lössic soils wherever water could be made available, it has afforded a productive agricultural base⟳ for political and military activity, and by reason⟳ of its location and physiography it has provided the entrance to the main routeway from the Chinese heartland to Central, and ultimately to Western, Asia.”
“The Chinese Government has become⟳ deeply concerned for the conservation of its extensive lössic soils in the west, the product of millennia of airborne transport⟳ of dust and soil particles from arid inner-Asian plateaux and basins.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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