Difference between revisions of "Ambijacent floodplain"
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* '''ambijacent:''' adjacent on both sides | * '''ambijacent:''' adjacent on both sides | ||
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| + | * '''flood-plain''': ref from ''The Encyclopædia Britannica'' vol. XI, 'Geology', 662a: 'In floods the ground inundated on either side of a stream intercepts some part of the detritus, which is then spread over the flood-plain and gradually heightens it. At the same time the stream continues to erode the channel, and ultimately is unable to reach the old flood-plain. It consequently forms a new plain at a lower level, and thus, by degrees, it comes to be flanked on either side by a series of successive terraces or platforms, each of which marks one of its former levels' | ||
Latest revision as of 09:02, 11 May 2022
- ambijacent: adjacent on both sides
- flood-plain: ref from The Encyclopædia Britannica vol. XI, 'Geology', 662a: 'In floods the ground inundated on either side of a stream intercepts some part of the detritus, which is then spread over the flood-plain and gradually heightens it. At the same time the stream continues to erode the channel, and ultimately is unable to reach the old flood-plain. It consequently forms a new plain at a lower level, and thus, by degrees, it comes to be flanked on either side by a series of successive terraces or platforms, each of which marks one of its former levels'
