- erosion plain
- 准平原
English-Chinese geology dictionary (英汉地质大词典). 2013.
erosion plain
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Erosion — is the carrying away or displacement of solids (sediment, soil, rock and other particles) usually by the agents of currents such as, wind, water, or ice by downward or down slope movement in response to gravity or by living organisms (in the case … Wikipedia
Plain — s.Plains occur as lowlands and at the bottoms of valleys but also on plateaus at high elevations. They may have been formed from flowing lava, deposited by water, ice or wind, or formed by erosion by these agents from hills and mountains.Plains… … Wikipedia
plain — A general term referring to any flat, lowland area, large or small, at a low elevation. Specifically, any extensive region of comparatively smooth and level gently undulating land. A plain has few or no prominent hills or valleys but sometimes … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
European Plain — ▪ plain, Europe Introduction one of the greatest uninterrupted expanses of plain on the Earth s surface. It sweeps from the Pyrenees Mountains on the French Spanish border across northern Europe to the Ural Mountains in Russia. In western… … Universalium
Northeast Plain — ▪ plain, China Chinese (Pinyin) Dongbei Pingyuan or Songliao Pingyuan or (Wade Giles romanization) Tung pei P ing yüan or Sung liao P ing yüan , also called Manchurian Plain or Sungliao Plain heart of the central lowland of… … Universalium
Coastal erosion — Many stretches of the East Anglia, England coastline are prone to heavy levels of erosion, such as this, the collapsed section of cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk. Coastal erosion is the wearing away of land and the removal of beach or dune… … Wikipedia
pe|ne|plain — «PEE nuh PLAYN», noun, verb. –n. a formerly mountainous or hilly area reduced nearly to a plain by erosion: »There is evidence of several peneplains during Cenozoic time in the Appalachians, indicating crustal uplift, renewed uplift, erosion, etc … Useful english dictionary
Nullarbor Plain — Nullarbor redirects here. For other uses, see Nullarbor (disambiguation). NASA Visible Earth, Nullarbor. The true Nullarbor is the light tan semi circular area adjacent to the coast. Image acquired by the Terra (satellite) on 19 August 2002 The… … Wikipedia
Snake River Plain (ecoregion) — The Snake River Plain ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Idaho and Oregon. It follows the Snake River across Idaho, stretching roughly convert|400|mi|km|… … Wikipedia
Alluvial plain — An alluvial plain is a relatively flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms. A floodplain is part of the process, being the… … Wikipedia
sand plain — a) [ geomorphology ] A sand covered plain, which may originate by deflation of sand dunes, and whose lower limit of erosion is governed by the water table. Also spelled sandplain. GG. b) [ glacial geology ] (not preferred,… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
