Loess was a very useful material for digging swales for living.
Central Washington's Columbia Plateau was a prime candidate—a desert with fertile loess soil and the Columbia River passing through.
On the west side of the Lotterberg is a deposit of loess, which formed after the last Quaternary glaciation.
Pupilla loessica was first described by Czech biologist Vojen Ložek (1954) from late Pleistocene loess from Předmostí near Přerov (Moravia, Czech Republic).
Vallonia tenuilabris was described for the first time in the loess of Wiesbaden, Germany.
Vertigo parcedentata was first described as a fossil from the loess of Wiesbaden, Germany.
Vertigo pseudosubstriata was first identified as a Pleistocene fossil in the Weichselian loess of Dolní Věstonice (Moravia, Czech Republic).