Sentence examples for soil down from inspiring English sources

Earthquake-induced liquefaction may result in the lateral spread displacement of soil down gently sloping ground or towards a free-face, causing severe and costly damage to various facilities, bridges, buildings and other critical infrastructure.

Press the soil down gently.

To avoid air pockets, pat the soil down well and then water the sapling thoroughly.

Press the soil down just enough to firm, then water thoroughly.

Solifluction, flowage of water-saturated soil down a steep slope.

Cultivation can promote soil erosion, due to ploughing and harvesting, which moves soil down slopes.

Higher pH values were reported for soils down along the transect due to the movement of soil material from upper hillslope positions.

The steady-state Ks values under slow prewetting and leaching with deionized water were significantly higher in the savannah-woodland soil than in the cultivated soils, down to 1.2 m depth.

Stress was imposed by initiating soil dry down protocol starting 35 DAS and dried down until the pot reached targeted FTSW [ 25].

The results show that after operation, about 70% of the dark top soil fell down to the 700 mm depth.

And we in turn remade the earth (and ourselves) to accommodate them, plowing the soil, chopping down trees and turning into farmers.