(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment
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(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
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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) 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) 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
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Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, hollow, typically, filled, lake.A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, hollow, typically, filled, lake.The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, hollow, typically, filled, lake.a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, hollow, typically, filled, lake.A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, hollow, typically, filled, lake.The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, hollow, typically, filled, lake.A melting together; the act of melting; fusion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, hollow, typically, filled, lake.A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, hollow, typically, filled, lake.One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, hollow, typically, filled, lake.A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, hollow, typically, filled, lake.That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the sili…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, hollow, typically, filled, lake.Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified deposits along ancient or existing wa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, hollow, typically, filled, lake.A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, hollow, typically, filled, lake.
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