Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
flood-plain landforms — A variety of constructional and erosional features produced by stream channel migration and flooding, e.g., backswamp, braided stream, flood plain splay, meander, meander belt, meander scroll, oxbow lake, and natural levee. HP … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
splay — (not preferred) refer to flood plain splay … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
crevasse splay — (not recommended) use flood plain splay. Compare: crevasse … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
avulsion — A sudden cutting off or separation of land by a flood or by abrupt change in the course of a stream, as by a stream breaking through a meander or by a sudden change in current whereby the stream deserts its old channel for a new one.… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
crevasse — [ geomorphology ] a) A wide breach or crack in the bank of a river or canal; especially one in a natural levee or an artificial bank of the lower Mississippi River. Compare: avulsion, flood plain splay. b) A wide, deep break or… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… … Universalium
Meander — For other uses, see Meander (disambiguation). A hypothetical stream bed following a tilted valley. The maximum gradient is along the down valley axis represented by a hypothetical straight channel. Meanders develop, which lengthen the course of… … Wikipedia
meander belt — The zone within which migration of a meandering channel occurs; the flood plain area included between two imaginary lines drawn tangential to the outer bends of active channel loops. Landform components of the meander belt surface are produced … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present. Like… … Universalium
