alluviated

См. также в других словарях:

• alluviated — …   Useful english dictionary

• continental landform — ▪ geology Introduction       any conspicuous topographic feature on the largest land areas of the Earth. Familiar examples are mountains (including volcanic (volcanism) cones), plateaus, and valleys. (The term landform also can be applied to… …   Universalium

• cave — cavelike, adj. /kayv/, n., v., caved, caving. n. 1. a hollow in the earth, esp. one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc. 2. a storage cellar, esp. for wine. 3. Eng. Hist. a secession, or a group of seceders, from a… …   Universalium

• fenglin —    ; fenglin karst    (Chinese.)    1. A karst, conspicuous in China, that is identified by its isolated limestone hills. Fenglin (pronounced ‘funglin’) translates from Chinese as ‘peak forest’, and is distinguished from fengcong. Both fenglin… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• gulf —    Steep walled closed depression having a flat alluviated bottom; in some gulfs a stream flows across the bottom [10] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• mogote —    A steep sided hill of limestone, generally surrounded by nearly flat alluviated plains: karst inselberg. Originally used in Cuba in referring to residual hills of folded limestone in the Sierra de los Organos but now used internationally for… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• polje —    (Slavic word for field.)    1. A large, flat floored depression in karst limestone, whose long axis is developed parallel to major structural trends and can reach tens of kilometers in length. Superficial deposits tend to accumulate on the… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• tower karst —    , towerkarst, turmkarst    1. A spectacular variety of karst landscape dominated by steep or vertical sided limestone towers each 30–300m high. By far the most extensive and best developed tower karst is the Guangxi province of southern China …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• alluviate — vēˌāt, usu ād.+V verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: alluvium + ate transitive verb : to cover with alluvium an alluviated valley …   Useful english dictionary