underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
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Scablands
(geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington)
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wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Pollution, Land and soil.(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.the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land; "the…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology, Land and soil.(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 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.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Pollution, Land and soil.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Pollution, Land and soil.(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.(geology) the matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Pollution, Land and soil.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
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a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, flat, elevated, land, poor.Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; /rile.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, flat, elevated, land, poor.a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred cha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, flat, elevated, land, poor.Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, flat, elevated, land, poor.(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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, flat, elevated, land, poor.arid land with little or no vegetation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, flat, elevated, land, poor.A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local gl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, flat, elevated, land, poor.That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, flat, elevated, land, poor.(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, flat, elevated, land, poor.a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, flat, elevated, land, poor.Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as, f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, flat, elevated, land, poor.commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, flat, elevated, land, poor.study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, flat, elevated, land, poor.
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