Loess
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Loess is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust. Ten percent of Earth's land area is covered by loesses or similar deposits.
Loess in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States
Loess near Hunyuan, Datong, Shanxi, China
Loess from the Rhine lowlands near Mannheim with calcareous concretions
Artist's impression of a scene during the Pleistocene Era. A dust storm in the distance represents a typical cause of present-day loess. (1918 painting by Charles R. Knight)
Loess Hills
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The Loess Hills are a formation of wind-deposited loess soil in the westernmost parts of Iowa and Missouri, and the easternmost parts of Nebraska and Kansas, along the Missouri River.
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…years. Winds pick up loess particles contributing to the Asian Dust pollution problem. The largest deposit of loess in the United States which is the Loess Hills along the border of Iowa and Nebraska, has survived intensive farming and poor farming practices. For almost 150 years, this loess deposit was farmed…
Loess Hills east of Mondamin, Iowa.
Snow geese flying in front of the Loess Hills at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge in the Missouri River bottoms near Mound City, Missouri
A view of the thin ridges that form the "spine" of the Loess Hills
Wildflowers in the Loess Hills