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A yellow loam, derived from glacial meltwater
deposits and accumulated by wind in
periglacial regions during the ice ages. It
usually attains considerable depths, and the
soil derived from it is very fertile. There
are large deposits in central Europe
(Hungary), China, and North America. Loess
was first described 1821 in the Rhine area,
and takes its name from a village in Alsace.