red earth

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red earth

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a clayey zonal soil of tropical savanna lands, formed by extensive chemical weathering, coloured by iron compounds, and less strongly leached than laterite

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Adamic Adamic earth firmness flatness music Objects, Miscellaneous rubric rubricate			At the distance of about thirty miles from Punta Alta, in a cliff of red earth, I found several fragments of bones, some of large size. The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context We looked back on it now, the slanting rays of a low sun turning the streams to threads of gold and glowing on the red earth new turned by the plough and the broad tangle of the woodlands. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context			red Clintonia Red Cloud red clover red cod red cole Red copper red coral Red corallin red corpuscle Red Crescent Red Cross red currant red cypress pine red dagga Red Deer Red Deer River Red Delicious red devil Red dog red dogwood red drum Red duck red duster red dwarf red dwarf star red earth Red ebony red eft red elm red emperor Red empress Red Ensign red eye red false mallow red fir red fire red flag red fox red giant red giant star red ginger red goatfish red goosefoot red gram red grouse Red Guard red gum Red hand Red Hand Defenders red hat red haw			Red Dragon Fight Company Red Dragon Karate Red Dragon Languages Consultancy Red Dragons red drum red drum Red duck Red Duster red dusters red dwarf red dwarf red dwarf Red Dwarf (science fiction series) Red Dwarf (television Red Dwarf (television show) Red Dwarf (television) Red Dwarf (TV series) Red Dwarf References List red dwarf star red dwarf star Red dwarf stars Red dwarf tv Red Dwarf USA Red dwarfs red dwarves red dye red dye red dye red dye Red Eagle red earth Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival Red Earth Trading Company Red Earths Red ebony Red Edge Inflection Point red eft red eft red eft Red Eléctrica de España Red Electrica Española red elm red elm red elm Red Eminence Red Eminence Red Emma red emperor Red empress Red Ensign red ensigns Red envelope Red Envelope Entertainment Red Equipment Area Red Estonian Cattle Red eye Red eye Red eye Red eye Red eye Red Eye (newspaper)

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