Salinization 



The formation of a saline soil by the addition of salts 

 to a non-saline soil, as occurs often in irrigating land with 

 water of a high degree of Salinity. 



Saltation 



A sudden change. 



Saltatorial (Saltatory) 



Refers to leaping or dancing, e.g., the hind limbs of a 

 kangaroo adapt it to saltatorial motion. 



Salt Grounds 



Places in a pasture or on a range where salt is placed for 

 consumption by livestock. 



Saltigrade 



Refers to an animal possessing legs that are adapted for 

 leaping, e.g. kangaroo rat. 



Salt Marsh 



A Marsh in which the water is salty or brackish, with 

 greater Salinity than fresh water. 



Salt Pan 



A depression in a salt marsh, usually bare of vegetation. 



Sample Area 



A portion of an area of vegetation or of a plot that is 

 used for sampling purposes, cf . Plot, Quadrat. 



Sample Plot 



A measured area in vegetation used for sampling or an 

 area of land used for experimentation. 



Sample, Random 



A sample taken without bias from an area or from a 

 population in which every part of the area or population has 

 an equal chance of being taken. 



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