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Результаты поиска термина [physiographic]
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physiographic division | A large portion of a continent of which all parts are similar in geologic structure and climate at a small scale (e.g. 1:5,000,000) and which has consequently had a unified geomorphic history and whose pattern of relief or landforms differ significantly from that of adjacent areas. examples: the laurentian upland, rocky mountain system, and interior highlands of the u.s.a. western u.s.a. [the highest level in the physiographic location part of the geomorphic description system]. sw & nasis data dictionary | |
physiographic province | A region of which all parts are similar in geologic structure and climate and which has consequently had a unified geomorphic history; a region whose pattern of relief or landforms differ significantly from that of adjacent regions; i.e. a subset within a physiographic division. examples: the valley and ridge, blue ridge, and piedmont provinces in the eastern u.s.a., and the basin and range, rocky mountains, and great plains provinces in the western u.s.a. [the second highest level in the physiographic location part of the geomorphic description system]. sw & gg | |
physiographic section | An area which all parts are similar in geologic structure and climate at a relatively small scale and which has consequently had a unified geomorphic history, and whose pattern of relief or landforms differ significantly from that of adjacent areas ( = fenneman`s (1957) "section"); i.e. a subset within a physiographic province). examples: the mohawk, green mountain, and floridian sections in the eastern u.s.a. and the sacramento section, puget trough, and klamath mountains in the western u.s.a. [the third highest level in the physiographic location part of the geomorphic description system]. sw, nasis data dictionary |
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