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Nose slope [geomorphology]
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A geomorphic component of hills consisting of the projecting end (laterally convex area) of a hillside, resulting in predominantly divergent overland water flow (e.g., sheet wash); contour lines generally form convex curves. nose slopes are dominated by colluvium and slope wash sediments (e.g., slope alluvium). slope complexity (downslope shape) can range from simple to complex. nose slopes are comparatively drier portions of hillslopes and tend to have thinner colluvial sediments and profiles. compare - head slope, side slope, free face, interfluve, crest, base slope. sw
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Geomorphic, английский
Projecting, английский
Complexity, английский
- Сложность
- Сложность; уровень сложности; комплексность
- Что-либо сложное
Interfluve, английский
A landform composed of the relatively undissected upland or ridge between two adjacent valleys containing streams flowing in the same general direction. an elevated area between two drainageways that sheds water to those drainageways. compare - divide. gg & ffp
Predominant, английский
Comparative, английский
A 1 сравнительный, сопоставительный; 2 cравнительно- исторический | n 1 сравнительная степень (син. ~ degree); 2 прилагательное или наре- чие в сравительной степени, компаратив analysis, construction, degree, grammar, linguistics, method, studies, transformation comparativism n компаративизм
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Notch - (a) (colloquial, английский
Northeast usa) a narrow passageway, or short defile between mountains; a deep, close pass. compare - gap. (b) a breached opening in the rim of a volcanic crater. gg
Nonsorted circle, английский
A type of patterned ground whose mesh (shape) is dominantly circular and has a nonsorted appearance due to the absence of a boarder of coarse fragments. vegetation characteristically outlines the pattern by forming a bordering ridge. diameters commonly range from 0.5 to 3 m. nonsorted circles include mud boils, earth hummocks, turf hummocks, and frost boils. nonsorted circles have various origins. some, such as mud and earth hummocks and frost boils, involve cryoturbation activity and differential heave of frost-susceptible materials. others, such as mud boils, involve hydraulic pressures and diapir-like displacement of water-saturated sediments. compare - sorted circle, frost boil, patterned ground. nrc and gg
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