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a·zon·al

 (ā-zō′nəl)
adj.
1. Not divided into zones.
2. Geology Of or relating to soils characterized by poorly developed horizons and by a strong resemblance to the parent material.
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azonal

(eɪˈzəʊnəl)
adj
formal not divided into zones
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a•zon•al

(eɪˈzoʊn l)

adj.
not divided into zones.
[1895–1900]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.azonal - not divided into zones; "azonal heating"
zonal - associated with or divided into zones; "a zonal pattern of cell structure"; "zonal division"
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Se puede concluir con base en lo discutido que la concentracion de compuestos organicos y nutrientes en MCa/1-9 es definitivamente azonal, debido a que no se corresponde con los bajos niveles de productividad vegetal de esta zona arida.
2005) and was the sum of three scores using the entire slice field: (a) the first score was defined according to the surface covered by lipid droplets (i.e., a surface of lipid droplet <5% of the entire slice correspond to a score 0; a surface of lipid droplet >66% of the entire slice correspond to a score 3); (b) for the second score, a predominant azonal distribution patter of lipid droplets was graded with the highest value (score 3); and (c) the third score quantified the presence (score 1) or absence (score 0) of microvesicles.
Besides these zonal units, the azonal forest vegetation limited to alluvial riverine habitats (oueds) supports notable 8 associations of riparian forest classified within the mediterranean Populetalia albae (Alno glutinosae-Populetea albae).
Intra-zonal soils occupy a significant portion of the vineyard soil (>30%), the former being represented by regosols and erodisols on the more eroded slopes, and azonal, alluvial and/or hydromorphic soils on the valley meadows.
Por otro lado, tenemos la vegetacion riparia o ripisilva, que constituye lo que se conoce como vegetacion azonal, es decir, aquella que depende de las condiciones especiales del sustrato como humedad, salinidad, inestabilidad o aridez (Izco, 2004).
De los retazos de vegetacion natural que todavia persisten en las planicies aluviales del noroeste, coincidiendo con los deltas de los rios Yaqui, Batacosa, Mayo y Fuerte, se deduce que la vegetacion azonal se corresponde con los BOES dominados por el mezquite (Prosopis glandulosa var.