Bama (soil)

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The Professional Soil Classifiers Association of Alabama adopted a resolution at its 1996 annual meeting recommending the Bama Soil Series as the State Soil. The Association is composed of a group of soil classifiers representing the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Alabama A&M University, private soil consultants, the Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers, and the Alabama Department of Public Health. The Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Committee and the Alabama Association of Conservation Districts also joined in recommending the Bama Soil Series as the official State Soil. [cite web | url = http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_soil.html | title = Alabama Soil: Bama Soil Series | publisher = Alabama Department of Archives and History | accessdate = 2006-11-11]

Bama soils are mainly in level to gently sloping areas on high stream terraces paralleling major river systems and on broad marine terraces. These very deep, well-drained, moderately permeable soils formed in thick deposits of loamy fluvial or marine sediments. The average annual precipitation is 56 to convert|64|in|mm. The average annual air temperature is 60 to convert|65|°F|°C|abbr=on. These soils make up more than convert|360000|acre|km2, mainly in the western and central parts of Alabama. They occur in 26 counties. These soils are well suited to cultivated crops, pasture, hay, woodland, and most urban land uses. Cotton and corn are the main cultivated crops. Some areas are used as woodland. The Bama series was designated the official state soil by the Alabama Legislature on April 22 1997. [web cite | url = ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/StateSoil_Profiles/al_soil.pdf | format = PDF | title = Bama - Alabama State Soil | publisher = USDA - NRCS | accessdate = 2006-11-03]

Bama soils are classified in USDA soil taxonomy as fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Paleudults . [web cite | url = http://www2.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/osd/dat/B/BAMA.html | format = HTML | title = Official series description - Bama Series | date = 1998 | publisher = USDA - NRCS | accessdate = 2006-11-03]

ee also

*List of U.S. state soils
*Ultisols

References

Bama (word)

A derogatory term used specifically in Woodbridge Virginia to denote a loser, badly dressed person, or social misfit it is also used as a term of endearment with close friends among whites.

= The online "Urban Dictionary" defines "Bama" as:

1. Bama

"Bama"Originated from Black youth in Washington DC.1. Original meaning was "cant dress well" or "fashion misfit"

2. Now the word has a more general use meaning "person", as how Whites use "Dude"e.g. That bama wearing a coat

3. Bama Originally, a Bama was a southerner (from Alabama, for instance) trying to blend in up north.