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Swale

A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen.

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Trough 76% connected

A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray…

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Accretion noun · 86% connection

(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment

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Bed noun · 86% connection

(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone"

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Break noun · 86% connection

(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…

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Clast noun · 86% connection

(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock

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Clastic rock noun · 86% connection

(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks

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Deflation noun · 86% connection

(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…

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Eating away noun · 86% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Eroding noun · 86% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Erosion noun · 86% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Esker noun · 86% connection

(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets

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Exceedance noun · 86% connection

(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a…

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Fault line noun · 86% connection

(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface

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Fracture noun · 86% connection

(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…

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Geologic process noun · 86% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geological fault noun · 86% connection

(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…

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Geological formation noun · 86% connection

(geology) the geological features of the earth

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Geological process noun · 86% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geology noun · 86% connection

a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

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Appurtenance noun · 78% connection

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in commo…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valley, place, tract, land, moor.
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Ashore adverb · 78% connection

On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valley, place, tract, land, moor.
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Bent noun · 78% connection

Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valley, place, tract, land, moor.
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Borderer noun · 78% connection

One who dwells on a border, or at the extreme part or confines of a country, region, or tract of land; one who dwells near to a place…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valley, place, tract, land, moor.
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Bottom noun · 78% connection

Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valley, place, tract, land, moor.
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Caada noun · 78% connection

A small caon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valley, place, tract, land, moor.
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Carry noun · 78% connection

A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valley, place, tract, land, moor.
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Carse noun · 78% connection

Low, fertile land; a river valley.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valley, place, tract, land, moor.
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Chersonese noun · 78% connection

A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Ch…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valley, place, tract, land, moor.
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Continent adjective · 78% connection

One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an isl…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valley, place, tract, land, moor.
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Contract of hazard noun · 78% connection

a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valley, place, tract, land, moor.
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Delta noun · 78% connection

A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a ri…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valley, place, tract, land, moor.
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Fell noun · 78% connection

A wild field; a moor.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valley, place, tract, land, moor.
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