There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
DETRITUS
detritus
(noun) loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks
debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus
(noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
detritus (usually uncountable, plural detritus or detrita)
(countable, chiefly, geological) Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
(biology) Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.
Debris or fragments of disintegrated material.
Source: Wiktionary
De*tri"tus, n. Etym: [F. détritus, fr. L. detritus, p. p. of deterere. See Detriment.]
1. (Geol.)
Definition: A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus.
Note: For large portions, the word débris is used.
2. Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of disintegration. The mass of detritus of which modern languages are composed. Farrar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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