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Caliche

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Noun

1. caliche, hardpan

crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions

2. caliche

nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Caliche

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noun
1. Also called: calcrete
a bed of sand or clay in arid regions cemented by calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, and other soluble minerals
2. 
a surface layer of soil encrusted with calcium carbonate, occurring in arid regions
. Also called: duricrust

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Caliche

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noun
1. 
a hardened conglomeration of gravel, rock, and soil that contains sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, etc., found mainly in arid regions of Chile and Argentina
2. 
a type of hardpan found in arid regions, as in the SW U.S., containing calcareous deposits, esp. of calcium carbonate

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Caliche

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n.
1.
a. A mineral deposit rich in sodium nitrate occurring naturally in Chile, Peru, and the southwest United States, and used as fertilizer, in explosives, and as a raw material for manufacturing nitric acid.
b. See sodium nitrate.
2.
a. The accretions of calcium carbonate in soil.
b. See hardpan.

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