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solonchak

Meaning of "solonchak" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SOLONCHAK

Russian, literally: salt marsh.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SOLONCHAK

ˌsɒlənˈtʃæk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOLONCHAK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Solonchak is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOLONCHAK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Solonchak

Solonchak is pale or grey soil type found in arid to subhumid, poorly drained conditions. The word is Russian for "salt marsh" in turn from Russian sol, "salt". Ukrainian folk word "солончак" in turn from Ukrainian "salty" + "чак" — suffix; designation of an object that has the property. In Ukraine there is a village Solonchaky.

Definition of solonchak in the English dictionary

The definition of solonchak in the dictionary is a type of intrazonal soil of arid regions with a greyish surface crust: contains large quantities of soluble salts.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOLONCHAK

Aniakchak · chack · cookshack · Meshach · oshac · shack

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOLONCHAK

solo parent · solo stop · solo whist · soloist · soloistic · Solomon · Solomon Gundy · Solomon Islands · Solomon Islands Pidgin · Solomon´s seal · Solomonian · Solomonic · Solon · solonets · solonetz · solonetzic · Solonian · Solonic · solonisation · solonization

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOLONCHAK

brak · break · dhak · freak · gak · Irak · jak · Kathak · kayak · oak · outbreak · pachak · Pak · peak · Slovak · soak · speak · steak · tilak · weak

Synonyms and antonyms of solonchak in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «solonchak» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOLONCHAK

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The translations of solonchak from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «solonchak» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

盐土
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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solonchak
570 millions of speakers
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English

solonchak
510 millions of speakers
hi

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solonchak
380 millions of speakers
ar

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solonchak
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

солончаки
278 millions of speakers
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Solonchak
270 millions of speakers
bn

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solonchak
260 millions of speakers
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solontchak
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Solonchak
190 millions of speakers
de

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Solontschak
180 millions of speakers
ja

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ソロンチャク
130 millions of speakers
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solonchak
85 millions of speakers
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Solonchak
85 millions of speakers
vi

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solonchak
80 millions of speakers
ta

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solonchak
75 millions of speakers
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सोलोनचाक
75 millions of speakers
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solonchak
70 millions of speakers
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solonchak
65 millions of speakers
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solonchak
50 millions of speakers
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солончаки
40 millions of speakers
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solonchak
30 millions of speakers
el

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solonchak
15 millions of speakers
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solonchak
14 millions of speakers
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solonchak
10 millions of speakers
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solonchak
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOLONCHAK»

Discover the use of solonchak in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to solonchak and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Soil survey
Humic Gley soils. Chernozems. Chernozems or Solonchak soils (calcium carbonate) . Humic Gley soils. Humic Gley soils. Solonchak soils (calcium carbonate) . Humic Gley soils. Solonchak soils (calcium carbonate). Chernozems . Regosols.
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1973
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Soil Survey Manual
Soils dominantly of these characteristics are called Solonchak in genetic soil classification. If a salt crust exists at the surface, the soil is sometimes called an " external" Solonchak, or a "puft" Solonchak if the crust is immediately underlain by a ...
United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1951
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Soil survey
Pachic Udic Hanloborolls.. Udic Hanloborolls Pachic Udic Haploborolls.. Argiaquic Argialholls Tvpic Calciaquolls Tvpic Calcianuolls Udorthentic Haploborolls.. 193S Classification Chernozems. Solonchak soils. Chernozems. Solonchak soils.
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1971
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Soil survey, Stevens County, Minnesota
Chernozems. Chernozems. Solonchak soils. Solonchak soils. Solonchak soils. ( Iriunusols. Solonchak soils. Humic ( iley soils. Alluvial soils intergrading to Humic Gley soils. Chernozems. Chernozems. Chernozems intergrading to Solonchak ...
Royce R. Lewis, Donald E. DeMartelaere, Ernest L. Miller, 1971
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Soil Salinity and Water Quality
Correlation between the widely used classification systems for salt-affected soils Basic grouping FAO-UNESCO classification USDA classification USSR classification Saline Alkali Solonchak Orthic solonchak Mollic solonchak Takyric  ...
R. Chhabra, 1996
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Development and Significance of the Great Soil Groups of the ...
Therefore, while in the Solonchak stage of development the soils are not highly alkaline.14 But as solonization, to be discussed subsequently, begins the soil may become highly alkaline, even though morphologically such transitional soils are ...
Charles Edwin Kellogg, 1936
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Miscellaneous Publication
There are recognized three intrazonal soil groups associated largely with the Pedocals : Solonchak, Solonetz, and Soloth, in the supposed order of their genesis, one after the other, and in the decreasing order of their content of total soluble ...
‎1937
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Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert: The Desiccated Floor of the ...
Table 9.1 Characteristics of the sites along the Karabulak transect (May 1998) Plant community Site/soil Soil horizon (cm) pH EC (mS cm) Dominant plant species Halocnemum strobilaceum–Ofaiston monandrum community Crusty solonchak, ...
Siegmar-W. Breckle, Walter Wucherer, Liliya A. Dimeyeva, 2011
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Soil Survey Reports
... movement of salt-laden water into the soil. According to the general scheme of evolution of Solonchak, Solon- etz, and Soloth {2) the development of the claypan soils has been dominated by salt-laden capillary water and the development of ...
‎1941
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The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia
Maritime Solonchak Lowland M 289 Maritime (Coastal) Lowland – a part of the plains of Daghestan, it stretches from the northwest to the southeast as a narrow strip for 160 km between the piedmonts and the Caspian Sea. From the Caspian  ...
Igor S. Zonn, Aleksey N Kosarev, Michael Glantz, 2010

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOLONCHAK»

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Slano Kopovo
The majority of the vegetation here grows on a solonchak (salty) topsoil which has almost disappeared from the Pannonian region. The most important species ... «InSerbia News, Mar 13»
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Kazakhstan nanotechnologists working on diamond coating
Nanotechnologies allow to breed the plant varieties capable of surviving in solonchak soils. "It is possible to breed a species of grain that will be resistant to ... «Tengrinews, Jun 12»
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