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Record 1 2005-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

... the U and V-shaped ravines and gorges which incise [the Appalachians] are probably stream valleys modified by glacier ice, meltwater torrents and periglacial processes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

[...] les ravins et les gorges en V et en auge qui [...] incisent [les Appalaches] sont probablement des vallées fluviales retouchées par les glaciers, les torrents fluvio-glaciaires et les agents périglaciaires.

OBS

fluvioglaciaire : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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