desert pavement
1Desert pavement — near Barstow, California, in the Mojave Desert. A desert pavement is a desert surface that is covered with closely packed, interlocking angular or rounded rock fragments of pebble and cobble size …
2desert pavement — ▪ geological formation surface of angular, interlocking fragments of pebbles, gravel, or boulders in arid areas. Desert pavement forms on level or gently sloping desert flats, fans, or bajadas and lake and river terraces of Pleistocene age… …
3desert pavement — A natural, residual concentration or layer of wind polished, closely packed gravel, boulders, and other rock fragments, mantling a desert surface. It is formed where wind action and sheetwash have removed all smaller particles or where rock… …
4desert pavement — noun : a natural mosaic of closely packed pebbles, cobblestones, and boulders commonly found in a desert where the wind has swept away all smaller particles …
5desert — desert1 desertic /di zerr tik/, adj. desertlike, adj. /dez euhrt/, n. 1. a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all: The Sahara is a vast sandy desert. 2. any area …
6desert — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. waste, wilderness, solitude. See uselessness, seclusion. II v. leave, forsake, abandon; secede, run away; leave in the lurch, be faithless, ditch (sl.). See avoidance, relinquishment. n. reward, due …
7Pavement — à Shibuya (Tokyo) Pays d’origine Stockton, Californie …
8Pavement (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Pavement Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Stockton, California, USA Genre = Indie rock Lo Fi Noise Pop (early) Years active = 1989–1999 Label = Drag City, Matador, Big Cat …
9Pavement discography — Infobox Artist Discography Artist = Pavement Caption = Former Pavement members Bob Nastanovich and Stephen Malkmus at the 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival. Studio = 5 Compilation = 4 Compilation link = Compilations and reissues Video = 1 Video link …
10pavement — pavemental /payv men tl/, adj. /payv meuhnt/, n. 1. a paved road, highway, etc. 2. a paved surface, ground covering, or floor. 3. a material used for paving. 4. Atlantic States and Brit. sidewalk. 5. pound the pavement, Informal. to walk the… …
