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RIVER MOUTH [1 record]

Record 1 2006-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

Place of discharge of a river into a sea or lake.

CONT

The stream mouth enters a body of standing water at a very low but distinct surface slope.

OBS

mouth: terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

Key term(s)
  • mouth of a river

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Partie terminale d'un cours d'eau sur la mer.

CONT

Les autres [cours d'eau] se jettent dans les lacs, dans les lagunes ou dans la mer, par une embouchure.

OBS

embouchure : terme adopté par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

OBS

L'embouchure simple d'un fleuve est un estuaire; ramifiée elle est un delta.

PHR

Embouchure d'une rivière.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Lugar donde el río vierte en el mar o en un lago.

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