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UVALA [1 record]

Record 1 2004-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A closed depression formed by the coalescence of several sinkholes.

OBS

Its drainage is subsurface, its size is measured in hundreds of meters to a few kilometers ...

OBS

nested sinkholes: term not used in the singular.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Dépression au tracé compliqué telle une rosace en arcs et en éperons, de plusieurs kilomètres de longueur.

CONT

La coalescence de plusieurs dolines forme un «ouvala».

OBS

ouvala : terme féminin d'après le Dictionnaire de géomorphologie (source GENGE 2000).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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