Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to soil, especially as it affects living organisms.
- adjective Influenced by the soil rather than by the climate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Influenced or produced by the soil or its contents; arising from the soil: as, edaphic formations (see
formation ); edaphic influences.
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- adjective
soil - adjective relating to, or determined by, conditions of the soil, especially as it relates to biological systems
- adjective soil characteristics, such as water content, pH, texture, and nutrient availability, that influence the type and quantity of vegetation in an area
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The combination of high rainfall, edaphic, and topographic variability, and historical biogeographical patterns renders these forests some of the most diverse species in the world.
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Beyond these edaphic savannas is a wide plain covered with lowland forest.
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire 2008
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Climatic, edaphic, and biotic controls over storage and turnover of carbon in soils.
Climate change in relation to carbon uptake and carbon storage in the Arctic 2009
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Vegetation is highly variable throughout this ecoregion and are influenced primarily by edaphic processes and disturbance regimes.
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Soils are generally andisols and spodsols; however, soil series vary considerably across the region in association with local climatic differences and edaphic processes.
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Climatic, edaphic, and biotic controls over storage and turnover of carbon in soils.
Climate change in relation to carbon uptake and carbon storage in the Arctic 2009
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Top-dying of sundri is most likely associated with the decrease in freshwater flow, either as a direct effect of increasing salinity or other associated edaphic changes.
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Climatic, edaphic, and biotic controls over storage and turnover of carbon in soils.
Climate change in relation to carbon uptake and carbon storage in the Arctic 2009
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Some edaphic associations are Chamise series on shallow soils, Leather oak series on shallow serpentinitic soils, Needlegrass grasslands on Vertisols, and Manzanita shrublands on silicic sandstones.
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Climatic, edaphic, and biotic controls over storage and turnover of carbon in soils.
Climate change in relation to carbon uptake and carbon storage in the Arctic 2009
reesetee commented on the word edaphic
Related to or caused by soil conditions, as of texture or drainage, rather than by physiographic or climatic factors.
November 14, 2007
qms commented on the word edaphic
Her fashions can make heavy traffic:
Once celibate, next she was Sapphic,
Now thinks she’s Earth Mother
Or something or other
That’s sweaty, unwashed and edaphic.
February 23, 2018