Leaching vs. Illuviation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Leaching and Illuviation
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Leaching
To remove soluble or other constituents from by the action of a percolating liquid
Heavy rains that leached the soil of minerals.
Illuviation
The deposition in an underlying soil layer of colloids, soluble salts, and mineral particles leached out of an overlying soil layer.
Leaching
To remove from a substance by the action of a percolating liquid
Acids in groundwater that leach calcium out of the bedrock.
Illuviation
(geology) The accumulation of suspended material and soluble compounds leached from an overlying stratum
Leaching
To empty; drain
"a world leached of pleasure, voided of meaning" (Marilynne Robinson).
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Leaching
To be dissolved or passed out by a percolating liquid.
Leaching
The act or process of leaching.
Leaching
A porous, perforated, or sievelike vessel that holds material to be leached.
Leaching
The substance through which a liquid is leached.
Leaching
Present participle of leach
Leaching
The process by which something is leached.
Leaching
Liquid that leaches.
Leaching
The process of leaching
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