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Canyonlands
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A deeply and extensively dissected landscape composed predominantly of relatively narrow, steep-walled valleys with small flood plains or valley floors; commonly with considerable outcrops of hard bedrock on steep slopes, ledges, or cliffs, and with broader summits or interfluves than found in badlands. side slopes exhibit extensive erosion, active back-wearing, and relatively sparse vegetation. sw
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Relatively, английский
Considerable, английский
Vegetation, английский
- A growth on a membrane, e.g. on the cusps of valves in the heart
- Растительный покров
Predominant, английский
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Caprock, английский
- A) a hard rock layer, usually sandstone, lava or in arid environments, limestone, that lies above shale or other less resistant bedrock or sediments; specifically a rock layer that forms relatively level, resistant topmost strata that holds up hills, ridges, mesas, etc., and commonly forms cliffs or escarpments. also spelled cap rock. sw & gg b) a hard rock layer, usually sandstone, over-lying the shale above a coal bed. also spelled cap rock. gg
- A disklike plate of anhydrite, gypsum, limestone, or sulfur overlying most salt domes in the gulf coast region.
Canyon bench, английский
One of a series of relatively narrow, flat landforms occurring along a canyon wall and caused by differential erosion of alternating strong and weak horizontal strata; a type of structural bench. gg
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