fluvial landform

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• Fluvial landforms of streams — The fluvial landforms of streams, stream beds, and river valleys have various landforms. Classification There are five generic classifications: Consequent streams are streams whose course is a direct consequence of the original slope of the… …   Wikipedia

• Fluvial — is used in geography and earth science to refer to the deposits and landforms created by the action of rivers or streams and the processes associated with them. When the stream or rivers are associated with glaciers, ice sheets, or ice caps, the… …   Wikipedia

• fluvial —    (adjective)    Of or pertaining to rivers or streams; produced by stream or river action.    Compare: alluvial, colluvial.    HP …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• 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

• structural landform — ▪ geology       any topographic feature formed by the differential wearing away of rocks and the deposition of the resulting debris under the influence of exogenetic geomorphic forces. Such forces operate at the interface of the planetary… …   Universalium

• Liman (landform) — [ Landsat satellite photo of limans along the Black Sea coast] [ Dniester Liman forming the Dniester river estuary] Liman is a name for a lake or estuary formed at the mouth of a river where flow is blocked by a bar of sediments. Liman can be… …   Wikipedia

• bar —    1)     a) [ streams ]    A general landform term for a ridge like accumulation of sand, gravel, or other alluvial material formed in the channel, along the banks, or at the mouth of a stream where a decrease in velocity induces deposition; e.g …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• structural bench —    A shelf or step like landform produced or controlled by erosion resistant, horizontally bedded rock. Erosion removes overlying weaker rock or sediment forming a nearly level to gently inclined surface that rests on a relatively resistant… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• talus cone —    A steep (e.g., 30 40.), cone shaped landform at the base of a cliff or escarpment that heads in a relatively small declivity or ravine, and composed of poorly sorted rock and soil debris that has accumulated primarily by episodic rockfall or,… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• fluviomarine deposit —    Stratified materials (clay, silt, sand, or gravel) formed by both marine and fluvial processes, resulting from non tidal sea level fluctuations, subsidence and/or stream migration (i.e., materials originally deposited in a nearshore… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• alluvial plain —     a) A large assemblage of fluvial landforms (braided streams, terraces, etc.,) that form low gradient, regional ramps along the flanks of mountains and extend great distances from their sources (e.g., High Plains of North America.    SW.… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms