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To: blam
"Yup. I've read that (the) Ukraine has a topsoil depth of 150 feet. It blew in there over the eons from other places."

Such wind-deposited soils are called loess. There are sites in my home county in Oklahoma where the topsoil is 30-40' deep.

65 posted on 08/04/2003 8:29:58 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE.)
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To: okie01
"There are sites in my home county in Oklahoma where the topsoil is 30-40' deep."

That's good, huh? Good farming soil.

66 posted on 08/04/2003 8:36:36 PM PDT by blam
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