Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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... Drainage dis- turbed by Landslips - Glacial Basins of various kinds ; as in Corries , Mountain - valleys , Lowlands , and Plateaux - Ice - barrier Basins- Submarine Basins of Glacial Origin . 278 CHAPTER XV COAST - LINES Form and ...
... Drainage dis- turbed by Landslips - Glacial Basins of various kinds ; as in Corries , Mountain - valleys , Lowlands , and Plateaux - Ice - barrier Basins- Submarine Basins of Glacial Origin . 278 CHAPTER XV COAST - LINES Form and ...
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... drainage of the land is conducted underground . The dimensions attained by many well - known limestone caverns , and the great width and depth of the channels through which sub- terranean rivers reach the sea , help us to appreciate the ...
... drainage of the land is conducted underground . The dimensions attained by many well - known limestone caverns , and the great width and depth of the channels through which sub- terranean rivers reach the sea , help us to appreciate the ...
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... drainage sluggish , weathered materials are not so readily removed . Nevertheless , under the influence of rain alone , or of rain and melting snow , the products of rock - waste are everywhere travelling , slowly or more rapidly ...
... drainage sluggish , weathered materials are not so readily removed . Nevertheless , under the influence of rain alone , or of rain and melting snow , the products of rock - waste are everywhere travelling , slowly or more rapidly ...
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... drainage - area . Many rivers , again , after escaping from the mountains , flow through countries the superficial formations of which are readily under- mined and washed away , and thus the main stream and its affluents become clouded ...
... drainage - area . Many rivers , again , after escaping from the mountains , flow through countries the superficial formations of which are readily under- mined and washed away , and thus the main stream and its affluents become clouded ...
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... drainage - system by the agency of rain and melt- ing snow , the coarser materials are derived chiefly from the destruction of the rocks that underlie or overhang the course of a river and its feeders . In temperate and northern ...
... drainage - system by the agency of rain and melt- ing snow , the coarser materials are derived chiefly from the destruction of the rocks that underlie or overhang the course of a river and its feeders . In temperate and northern ...
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accumulation Alpine Alps anticlines basalt base-level basins become beds boulder-clay Carboniferous character cirques cliffs coast-lines coasts configuration Cretaceous crust crustal movements crystalline débris denudation deposits depressions depth detritus direction dislocations drainage elevation epigene epigene action epigene agents eroded escarpments feet fiords flow fluvio-glacial fluvio-glacial deposits folds gently geological structure glacial action glacial erosion glaciers gradually ground-moraines hills hollows horizontal strata ice-flow ice-sheet igneous rocks inclined indented infrequently irregular islands joints kind laccoliths lakes land land-forms land-surface lava less limestone low grounds materials mer de glace modified moraines mountain-chain mountain-valleys mountains névé normal faults Old Red Sandstone outcrops owe their origin plain of erosion plateau regions relatively result ridges rock-basins rock-masses sand Sandstone schistose schists Section sediment slopes Southern Uplands strata streams and rivers superficial surface surface-features synclinal tectonic tend thickness tion tracts traversed underground undulating usually valleys vertical volcanic wind