(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment
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Groundwater level
underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water; "spring rains had raised the water table"
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(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the geological features of the earth
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
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An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to we…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel wh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.A raised part of the floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See Dais.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, surface, ground, wholly, saturated.
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