300px, The archaeological site of Monte Verde is in a zone of ñadi soils.
Ñadi is a type of
soil and a
phytogeographic zone of
Southern Chile.
Ñadi soils are located in the
Chilean Central Valley of
Los Lagos Region, specifically between the
moraine
A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice shee ...
s left by the region's most recent glaciation (the
Llanquihue glaciation) and those of the penultimate glaciation (the
Santa MarÃa glaciation
The Illinoian Stage is the name used by Quaternary geologists in North America to designate the period c.191,000 to c.130,000 years ago, during the middle Pleistocene, when sediments comprising the Illinoian Glacial Lobe were deposited. It preced ...
).
[ Ñadis have an ]impermeable
Permeability, permeable, and semipermeable may refer to:
Chemistry
*Semipermeable membrane, a membrane which will allow certain molecules or ions to pass through it by diffusion
*Vascular permeability, the movement of fluids and molecules betwe ...
layer, usually called ''fierrillo''.[
]
See also
* Lahuen Ñadi Natural Monument
* Trumao
References
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Geography of Chile
Soil in Chile
Geography of Los Lagos Region
Geography of Los RÃos Region
Volcanic soils
