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SEA CHANNEL [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A continuously sloping elongated discrete depression found in fans or abyssal plains and customarily bordered by levees on one or both sides.

OBS

sea channel: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Dépression allongée dans un bassin océanique, morphologiquement semblable à une vallée terrestre [...]

Spanish

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