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
Word origin
C20: from American Spanish, from Latin calx lime
Examples of 'calcrete' in a sentence
calcrete
Landscapes that are focal points for the large animals of the region include the calcrete outcrops, riverbeds and pans.
Margaretha W. van Rooyen, Noel van Rooyen, Jacobus du P. Bothma, Hendrik M. van denBerg 2008, 'Landscapes in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa', Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Sciencehttps://koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/154. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)