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Definition of Tundra soil
1. Noun. A black mucky soil with a frozen subsoil that is characteristic of Arctic and subarctic regions.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tundra Soil
Literary usage of Tundra soil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International by Building Research Advisory Board Staff, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1973)
"Vehicle perturbation effects upon a tundra soil-plant system. M.Sc. thesis.
University of California, Berkeley. 240 p. ..."
2. The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in Search by John Muir (1917)
"... of the boggy tundra soil is shown on the ice-bluffs around Eschscholtz Bay,
where it has been undermined by the melting of the ice on which it rests. ..."
3. Cruise of the Revenue Steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N. W. Arctic Ocean in by United States Revenue-Cutter Service, John Muir, Edward William Nelson, Irving Collins Rosse, Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1883)
"A striking result of the airing and draining of the boggy tundra soil is shown
on the ice-bluffs around ..."
4. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1907)
"Muir, page 50, under head of Kotzebue Sound, remarks : " A striking result of
the airing and draining of the boggy tundra soil is shown on the ice-bluffs ..."
5. Statistics of Land-grant Colleges and Universities by United States Office of Education, Office of Education, United States (1916)
"I think if the sand and tundra soil could be mixed, garden beds might be made
that would grow enough turnips and potatoes for the village. ..."
6. Smithsonian Exploration in Alaska in 1904: In Search of Mammoth and Other by Alfred Geddes Maddren (1907)
"Muir, page 50, under head of Kotzebue Sound, remarks : " A striking result of
the airing and draining of the boggy tundra soil is shown on the ice-bluffs ..."
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