Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
pitted outwash plain — An outwash plain marked by many irregular depressions such as kettles, shallow pits, and potholes which formed by melting of incorporated ice masses; much of the gradient and internal structures of the original plain remain intact; many are… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
pitted outwash terrace — A relict glaciofluvial terrace that retains its original attitude, composed of undistorted outwash sediments and depositional structures and whose surface is pock marked with numerous potholes or kettle depressions. Compare: collapsed… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
outwash plain — An extensive lowland area of coarse textured, glaciofluvial material. An outwash plain is commonly smooth; where pitted, due to melt out of incorporated ice masses (pitted outwash plain), it is generally low in relief and largely retains its… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
outwash — [ glacial geology ] Stratified and sorted sediments (chiefly sand and gravel) removed or washed out from a glacier by melt water streams and deposited in front of or beyond the end moraine or the margin of a glacier. The coarser material is … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
outwash — /owt wosh , wawsh /, n. Geol. the material, chiefly sand or gravel, deposited by meltwater streams in front of a glacier. [1890 95; OUT + WASH] * * * Deposit of sand and gravel carried by running water from the melting ice of a glacier and laid… … Universalium
collapsed outwash plain — An outwash plain which forms on glacial ice (inside the glacial margin), and is subsequently let down or collapsed when the underlying ice melts, resulting in contortion or folding of the sediments and sedimentary structures to the extent that … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
glacial landform — ▪ geology Introduction any product of flowing ice and meltwater. Such landforms are being produced today in glaciated areas, such as Greenland, Antarctica, and many of the world s higher mountain ranges. In addition, large expansions of present… … Universalium
Kishwaukee River — Infobox River | river name = Kishwaukee River caption = Kishwaukee River in DeKalb, Illinois, May 2006 origin = Cropsey Moraine and Woodstock, Illinois mouth = Rock River basin countries = United States length = elevation = mouth elevation =… … Wikipedia
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
