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International Ecotourism Monthly

Year 4, Issue 41, Oct. 2002

THE SEPTEMBER ECO-QUIZ WAS:
"Word denoting fertile soil, linguistically, phonetically and geographically close to famous disaster site " Name the word !"

Photo of Chernozem: University of Calgary

The disaster site was Chernobyl, no introductions needed, and the "linguistically, phonetically and geographically close" term is Chernozem a term that means "black earth" in Russian and used in the science of Ecology to denote a "freely draining soil". Because of their richness in plant nutrients chernozems are among the most agriculturally productive soils in the world.
Source: Allaby, Michael Oxford Dictionary of Ecology

THE OCTOBER ECO-QUIZ IS:
Mass tourism activity also to be found in poikilotherm organisms.

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