Although the track is ballasted, it does not prevent clouds of reddish dust from the laterite soil blowing about when the train is in motion; after a journey with the windows open a bath is a necessity!
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Laterite
//ˈlatəɹʌɪt//
Synonyms for "laterite" (2 found)
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Translations
6 translations across 6 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- lateriitti noun (red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil)
French
1 entries- latérite noun (red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil)
Greek
1 entries- λατερίτης noun (red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil)
Polish
1 entries- lateryt noun (red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil)
Spanish
1 entries- laterita noun (red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đá ong noun (red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Constant tropical rain makes a mush of hard old lavas. The end product is a brick red soil called laterite.
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