Red Earth, the name given to the reddish loam or earth which so frequently occurs in regions composed of limestones. This earth is the insoluble residue of those portions of the calcareous rock which have been dissolved by rain. Such red earths are of common occurrence in limestone caverns. See CAVES.
Red Earth
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 604
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