- scree slope
- A portion of a hillside or mountainslope mantled by scree and lacking an up-slope rockfall source (i.e., cliff).SW
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Scree — Scree, also called talus and detritic cone, is a term given to broken rock that appears at the bottom of crags, mountain cliffs or valley shoulders, forming a scree slope. The maximum inclination of such deposits corresponds to the angle of… … Wikipedia
scree — [skri:] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Old Norse; Origin: skritha landslide ] an area of loose soil and broken rocks on the side of a mountain ▪ a scree slope … Dictionary of contemporary English
scree — [[t]skri͟ː[/t]] screes N VAR Scree is a mass of loose stones on the side of a mountain. Occasionally scree fell in a shower of dust and noise... He scrambled sideways down the scree slope … English dictionary
scree — noun (C) an area of small loose broken rocks on the side of a mountain: a scree slope … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
scree — [ skri ] noun 1. ) uncount small loose pieces of broken rock at the bottom of a cliff or along the slopes of a mountain 2. ) count a slope covered with small pieces of rock … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
scree — ► NOUN ▪ a mass of small loose stones that form or cover a slope on a mountain. ORIGIN probably from Old Norse, landslip … English terms dictionary
scree test — An alternative method of deciding how many factors should be retained in any particular factor analysis . The principal method of deciding how many of the smaller factors to exclude, after retaining those which explain most of the common variance … Dictionary of sociology
scree — 1. noun /ˈskɹiː/ a) Loose stony debris on a slope. Occasional rounds zinged off the scree, each with a different pitch. b) A slope of such material at the base of a cliff, etc. The next landmark was an apachita cairn, at the top of a steep scree … Wiktionary
slope — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ precipitous (formal), steep ▪ gentle, gradual, slight ▪ long, short … Collocations dictionary
scree — A collective term for an accumulation of coarse rock debris or a sheet of coarse debris mantling a slope. Scree is not a synonym of talus, as scree includes loose rock fragments on slopes without cliffs. Compare: talus, colluvium, mass… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
