What is the meaning of caliche?

noun

  • Crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions.
  • Nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru. .
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