Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
underfit stream — A small stream that flows along a cave passage that was enlarged to its current size by an earlier, larger stream. Commonly underfit streams are found flowing under vadose conditions along the floors of drained phreatic tubes, long abandoned… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
underfit — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: under (I) + fit, past participle of fit : greatly reduced in volume and therefore in ability to erode or transport as a consequence of stream piracy an underfit stream … Useful english dictionary
Misfit stream — Gleann nan Eun meanders through the valley of the same name in the Scottish Highlands. A misfit stream (or underfit stream) is a stream that is far too small to have eroded the valley which the stream occupies. The shape of the valley may also be … Wikipedia
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
valley — valleylike, adj. /val ee/, n., pl. valleys. 1. an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, esp. one following the course of a stream. 2. an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system … Universalium
coulee — (colloquial: northwestern USA and ND) A dry or intermittent stream valley or wash with an underfit stream, especially a long, steep walled gorge representing a Pleistocene overflow channel that carried meltwater from an ice sheet; e.g., the … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
Pleistocene Epoch — Earlier and longer of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period. The Pleistocene began с 1.8 million years ago and ended с 10,000 years ago. It was preceded by the Pliocene Epoch of the Tertiary Period and followed by the Holocene… … Universalium
Glacial River Warren — [ Lake Agassiz; its outflow breached the U shaped Big Stone Moraine at Traverse Gap and became the source of River Warren. At the extreme right, the northernmost oxbow loop is the Mississippi at downtown Saint Paul. Just to its west and almost… … Wikipedia
