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• footslope —    The hillslope profile position that forms the concave surface at the base of a hillslope. It is a transition zone between upslope sites of erosion and transport (shoulder, backslope) and downslope sites of deposition (toeslope).    Compare:… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• backslope —    The hillslope profile position that forms the steepest and generally linear, middle portion of the slope. In profile, backslopes are commonly bounded by a convex shoulder above and a concave footslope below.    They may or may not include… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• pediment —    A gently sloping erosional surface developed at the foot of a receding hill or mountain slope, commonly with a slightly concave upward profile, that cross cuts rock or sediment strata that extend beneath adjacent uplands. The erosion surface… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• Kasewe Forest Reserve — is an area of hills in the Moyamba District of Sierra Leone . It is designated as a forest reserve and contains moist semi deciduous and evergreen forests that cover an area of 1.224 km². [ [http://sea.unep… …   Wikipedia

• colluvial apron —    A landform with a concave to planar surface composed of a thick wedge shaped deposit of colluvium and/or slope alluvium that forms the base (footslope) of a bluff, escarpment or steep slope .    Compare: beveled base.    SW …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• eroded fan-remnant sideslope —    A rough or broken margin of an eroded fan remnant highly dissected by ravines and gullies that can be just a fringe or make up a large part of an eroded alluvial fan; its bounding escarpments (risers), originally formed by inset channels, have …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• hillslope-profile position —    Discrete slope segments found along a transect line that runs perpendicular to the contour, beginning at a divide and descending to a lower, bounding stream channel or valley floor; a discrete piece of a two dimensional cross profile of a hill …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• shoulder —    The hillslope profile position that forms the convex, erosional surface near the top of a hillslope. If present, it comprises the transition zone from summit to backslope.    Compare: summit, crest, backslope, footslope, and toeslope.    SW &… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• summit —     a) The topographically highest position of a hillslope profile with a nearly level (planar or only slightly convex) surface.    Compare: shoulder, backslope, footslope, and toeslope, crest.     b) A general term for the top, or highest area… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• toeslope —    The hillslope position that forms the gently inclined surface at the base of a hillslope. Toeslopes in profile are commonly gentle and linear, and are constructional surfaces forming the lower part of a hill slope continuum that grades to… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• upland —    [ geomorphology ]    An informal, general term for     a) the higher ground of a region, in contrast with a low lying, adjacent land such as a valley or plain.     b) Land at a higher elevation than the flood plain or low stream terrace; land… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms