topsoil

IPA: tˈɑpsɔɪɫ

The upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and easiest to start new plants in.

Examples of "topsoil" in Sentences

"It's been raining a lot, and the topsoil is loose," he said.
The topsoil is underlain by glacially deposited gravelly rocks and stones.
I could not resist digging up the thin topsoil and a little bit of the hard packed clay and shale.
And save what little topsoil we have - by planting more trees - before all the topsoil is washed away and we're left with nothing but sand.
As the air eagerly escaped from its chamber, it liberated two hundred and fifty cubic meters of topsoil from the grip of the artificial gravity.
The A horizon is sometimes referred to as the topsoil and contains most of the organic matter in the profile, which often gives it a darker color.
South American sugar cane ethanol also relies on slash and burn agriculture on thin topsoil creating ever increasing dead zones in the rain forest.
Our topsoil is disappearing, the materials we use for fertilizer rising in price, and other nations are developing their own mechanized agriculture.
Until the Aswan Dam plugged her up, the Nile River flooded every year, spreading her chocolate waters across the land of Egypt, depositing the rich sediment of eroded topsoil from the heart of Africa to fuel another year's productivity in the fields.