Sentence examples for hold soil from inspiring English sources

Huge banana trees are costly to spray, and they hold soil in place.

Once completed, the storage facilities would hold soil and other contaminated waste for up to 30 years, local reports said.

The weed has also led to erosion because it does not hold soil as well as native grasses.

And orchid pots, with slits or holes in the sides to accommodate oxygen-loving roots, don't easily hold soil or anything but wood chips for potting orchids.

Gravity, able to overcome the cohesive forces that hold soil particles together, can cause the entire soil profile to move downslope a phenomenon called mass movement.

In the absence of plants with roots to hold soil in place, Cambrian lands in general probably eroded more rapidly than they do now.

This is a precarious existence, because both increased erosion, which wipes out plants, and human efforts to recapture coasts, which involve much greater plant growth to hold soils in place, can both spell disaster for the butterfly.

When whatever bag you are using to hold soiled diapers is full, remove it from its container and put it in an outdoor trash can.

"And they have a great fibrous root system that holds soil and controls erosion".

Natural ecosystems are complex, and dominated by perennials, a dense mat of fibrous roots that exists in the soil year-round, tightly holding soil and water.

The impact of raindrops breaks the bonds holding soil aggregates together and catapults the particles into the flowing water from surface runoff.