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Definition of Terraces
1. terrace [v] - See also: terrace
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terraces
Literary usage of Terraces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"The heads of the terraces follow, at a respectful distance, the head of the ...
The second and subsequent flood-plains and the terraces to which they give ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"The second and subsequent flood-plains and the terraces to which they give ...
terraces developed by the normal activities of a stream are always low, ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1883)
"1 Alluvial Meadow, with E, river ; 2 and 3, River terraces of coarser materials ; 4.
... The river terraces are distinguished both from lake terraces and ..."
4. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"STREAM terraces Later episodes in the history of the Columbia Plateaus are inferred
from the gravel deposits associated with the streams in the form of ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1889)
"The terraces are found to be readily arranged in three groups, viz. : The Silt
terraces, which rise from 5 to 175 feet above the present stream, ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1889)
"The terraces are found to be readily arranged in three groups, viz.: The Silt
terraces, which rise from 5 to 175 feet above the present stream, ..."
7. Geographical Essays by William Morris Davis (1909)
"XXI RIVER terraces IN NEW ENGLAND I. GENERAL STATEMENT Theories of River terraces.
The terraces carved by streams in the washed drift of our valleys have ..."
8. Rivers of North America: A Reading Lesson for Students of Geography and Geology by Israel Cook Russell (1898)
"The presence of terraces on the borders of stream-cut valleys suggests that they
... Certain stream terraces have been formed by excavation, others are the ..."
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