- crag-and-tail
- 1. скала с навеянными с одной стороны поверхностными отложениями, образующими длинный склоновый шлейф 2. друмлин, эродированный с одной стороны ледниковым потоком
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
crag-and-tail
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crag-and-tail — crag and tailˈ noun (geology) A hill form with steep declivity at one end and a gentle slope at the other • • • Main Entry: ↑crag … Useful english dictionary
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crag-and-tail — /kræg ən ˈteɪl/ (say krag uhn tayl) noun a hill or crag, of which one face has a steep slope and the other a gentle slope; commonly formed by glacial action …
crag and tail — noun : an elongate hill having at one end a steep face of ice smoothed rock and at the other a gentle slope of rock or glacial drift … Useful english dictionary
Crag — may refer to: A steep rugged mass of rock projecting upward or outward, especially a cliff or vertical rock exposure in the north of England or in Scotland (Irish: creag, Scottish Gaelic: creag, Welsh: craig). A rock climbers term for a cliff or… … Wikipedia
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stoss and lee — An arrangement of small hills or prominent rocks, in a strongly glaciated area, having gentle slopes on the stoss (“up ice”) side and somewhat steeper, plucked slopes on the lee (“down ice”) side. This arrangement is the opposite of crag and… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
Crag Martin — Taxobox name = Crag Martin status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Hirundinidae genus = Ptyonoprogne species = P. rupestris binomial =… … Wikipedia
Eurasian Crag Martin — Perching on a roof in Alcobaça, Portugal Conservation status … Wikipedia
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