Other Loess Landscapes
Loess soil also forms the Arikaree Breaks in northwest Kansas, and the Mississippi-Yazoo "Bluff Hills" near Vicksburg, Mississippi. A large region of Nebraska to the south and east of the Sand Hills is covered with loess. Deep loess deposits are also found in the Rhine River valley in Germany. The word loess is derived from the German for "loose or crumbly."
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