noun
- plural of loess; fine-grained sediments deposited by wind, typically yellowish and fertile
Usage: geological term
Examples
- The loesses of the Great Plains formed over thousands of years.
- Chinese agriculture has benefited from thick loesses for centuries.
- Geologists studied the loesses to understand ancient wind patterns.
- The yellow loesses create distinctive landscapes in northern China.
- These loesses provide some of the world’s most fertile soils.
- Wind erosion continues to redistribute loesses across the region.