loess

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The caves carved from the loess hills where Mao Zedong and other party leaders road out World War II have since become a pilgrimage site for party faithful.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2022

Eastern Colorado soils are 70% windblown loess, but cultivation, grazing, construction, and roads — anything that destabilizes the soil — can generate dust, says Kelly.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2022

This entry-level bottle is from vines grown on loess and loam on gentle slopes.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2020

Compacted layers of wind-blown sediment are known as loess.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Fertile stuff, if it can somehow be irrigated, the loess blanketed the underlying structure like a heavy tarpaulin tossed over a piece of machinery.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann