intermontane valley

intermontane valley
горная долина

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  • Intermontane Plateaus — Physiographic regions of the U.S. Interior See:legend For purposes of description, the physical geography of the United States is split into several major physiographic divisions, one being the Intermontane Plateaus. Please refer to the Geography …   Wikipedia

  • Intermontane Belt — The Intermontane Belt is a physiographic region in British Columbia, Canada. It has rolling hills, high plateaus and deeply cut valleys. The rocks in the belt have very little similarities with North America. The granitic rocks in the region are… …   Wikipedia

  • mountain valley —     a) Any small, externally drained V shaped depression (in cross section) cut or deepened by a stream and floored with alluvium, or a broader, U shaped depression modified by an alpine glacier and floored with either till or alluvium, that… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • Kashmir, Vale of — ▪ valley, India  intermontane valley, western Jammu and Kashmir state, northern India. Lying wholly within the Indian administered portion of the Kashmir region, it is flanked by the main range of the Himalayas on the northeast and the Pir Panjal …   Universalium

  • HUMAN GEOGRAPHY — In respect of human as well as of physical geography, it is convenient to divide the Land of Israel into four major units: 1. the Mediterranean Coastal Plain 2. the hill regions of northern and central Cisjordan (west of the Jordan) 3. the Rift… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… …   Universalium

  • axial stream —     a) The main stream of an intermontane valley, flowing in the deepest part of the valley and parallel to its longest dimension.     b) A stream that follows the axis of a syncline or anticline.    GG …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • Prunus prostrata — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …   Wikipedia

  • Physiographische Regionen der Erde nach Fenneman — Die Physiographischen Regionen nach Nevin Fenneman weisen die verschiedenen physiogeographischen (naturräumliche) Einheiten aus, wie sie sich aus geologischen und geomorphologischen Faktoren ergeben. Die Grobeinteilung stellt sich wie folgt dar,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

  • North America — North American. the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 ft. (6187 m); lowest, Death Valley, 276 ft. (84 m) below sea level. 400,000,000 including… …   Universalium


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