Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
erosion pavement — noun : a surficial concentration of pebbles and rock fragments tending to protect the underlying soil from further erosion … Useful english dictionary
pavement karst — Areas of bare limestone, usually sculpted by solution erosion into karren of various types and where soils have been stripped off, commonly by glaciation in alpine areas (e.g., Rocky Mountains, USA) and high latitudes, and by water erosion in… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
desert pavement — A natural, residual concentration or layer of wind polished, closely packed gravel, boulders, and other rock fragments, mantling a desert surface. It is formed where wind action and sheetwash have removed all smaller particles or where rock… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
erosional pavement — see erosion pavement … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
Desert pavement — near Barstow, California, in the Mojave Desert. A desert pavement is a desert surface that is covered with closely packed, interlocking angular or rounded rock fragments of pebble and cobble size … Wikipedia
Limestone pavement — Detail of the large limestone pavement in the Yorkshire Dales between Ingleborough and Pen y ghent … Wikipedia
отмостка — erosion pavement ОТМОСТКА скопления наиболее крупных, относительно малоподвижных отложений наносов в руслах потоков, ограничивающих процесс глубинного размыва. Срыв о., преходящий в глубинный размыв русла при прохождении высокого паводка, один из … Селевые явления. Терминологический словарь
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
cave — cavelike, adj. /kayv/, n., v., caved, caving. n. 1. a hollow in the earth, esp. one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc. 2. a storage cellar, esp. for wine. 3. Eng. Hist. a secession, or a group of seceders, from a… … Universalium
Organ Pipes National Park — IUCN Category III (Natural Monument) … Wikipedia
