Alvar is a grass- and sedge-dominated community, with scattered shrubs and sometimes trees. The community occurs on broad, flat expanses of calcareous bedrock (limestone or dolostone) covered …

Alvar is a Swedish term used to describe dry grasslands found on limestone pavements. The last glacier receded over 10,000 years ago, leaving no, or only a very thin (up to 10-inches), soil layer over …

It is a relatively undisturbed example of one of the rarest natural communities in Michigan, known as "alvar." Alvar occurs in areas where all of the soils have been scraped away by wind, water and ice, …

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Alvar, any of a group of South Indian mystics who from the 7th to the 10th century wandered from temple to temple singing ecstatic hymns in adoration of the god Vishnu.

Dec 27, 2024 · Alvar is a Swedish term to describe barrens and grassland vegetation growing on thin soils over level outcrops of limestone or dolomite bedrock. Grikes are the fissures, cracks, and …

Prof. Alvar Saenz-Otero was born in Mexico City where he remained throughout High School. He completed all his professional degrees at MIT. His doctoral research concentrated on the …

Dec 7, 2016 · The meaning of ALVAR is the plant community consisting typically of mosses and calciphilous herbaceous plants that grows on steppelike shallow alkaline soils overlying …

An alvar is a biological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil and, as a result, sparse grassland vegetation. Often flooded in the spring, and affected by drought in midsummer, …

Other Alvars are linked to Vishnu's divine attendants or attributes, such as Nammalvar as Vishvaksena, Kulasekhara Alvar as the Kaustubha gem, Periyalvar as Garuda, and Tirumangai Alvar as Vishnu's …