Where are some of the best examples of loess?
1 Answer
Mar 6, 2015
The Yellow River gets its name from the yellow loess suspended in the water.
In parts of China, residents build cave-like dwellings in thick loess cliffs.
The thickest loess deposits are near the Missouri River in the U.S. state of Iowa and along the Yellow River in China.
Extensive loess deposits are found in northern China, the Great Plains of North America, central Europe, and parts of Russia and Kazakhstan.
