- outwash
- noun Date: 1894 detritus consisting chiefly of gravel and sand carried by running water from the melting ice of a glacier and laid down in stratified deposits
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outwash — ☆ outwash [out′wôsh΄ ] n. sand and gravel deposited by meltwater streams in front of glacial ice … English World dictionary
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
outwash — Depósito formado por arena y grava que ha sido transportada por el agua que fluye al derretirse el hielo de un glaciar y que luego ha sedimentado en depósitos estratificados. Un outwash puede tener hasta 100 m (330 pies) de espesor en el borde de … Enciclopedia Universal
outwash — zandras statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Lyguma, susidariusi iš ledyno tirpsmo vandenų suklostytų nuogulų. Dažniausiai šliejasi prie ledyno paliktų galinių morenų. atitikmenys: angl. outwash; outwash plain; sandur vok. Sander … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
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 — GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS Sediments deposited by glacial meltwater beyond the active glacial ice. Outwash sediments are commonly characterized by poorly bedded gravels interlayered with well bedded (and commonly cross bedded) sands … Glossary of volcanic terms
outwash — abliacija statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Ledo ar sniego dangos mažėjimas dėl tirpimo, garavimo ar mechaninio ardymo. atitikmenys: angl. ablation; outwash vok. Auswaschung, f rus. aбляция, f; смыв, m … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
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 fan — An outwash fan is a fan shaped body of sediments deposited by braided streams from a melting glacier. Sediment locked within the ice of the glacier, gets transported by the streams of meltwater, and deposits on the outwash plain, at the terminus… … Wikipedia
outwash plain — noun also outwash apron : a plain constructed of outwash that is ordinarily found on and beyond the distal side of a terminal or recessional moraine and that generally consists of a number of coalescing outwash fans * * * Geol. a broad, sloping… … Useful english dictionary
outwash fan — A fan shaped accumulation of outwash deposited by meltwater streams in front of the end or recessional moraine of a glacier. Coalescing outwash fans form an outwash plain. GG … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
