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BOULDER [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

[A] rock fragment over 60 cm (2 ft) in diameter.

CONT

The load carried by a stream varies enormously in the total quantity present and the size of the fragments, depending on the discharge and stage of the river. ... Boulders of great size may be moving over the stream bed, if the river gradient is steep.

OBS

In engineering practice boulders are greater than 20 cm (8 inches) in diameter.

OBS

In the Udden-Wentworth scale the sediment grades are: more than 256 mm, boulder ... In the British classification: more than 200 mm, boulder ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Fragment de roche de plus de 60 cm (2 pi) de diamètre.

CONT

La charge d'un cours d'eau est la masse ou le volume de matériaux qu'il évacue. [...] La charge du fond comprend les sables, les graviers, les galets et les blocs.

OBS

En génie, les blocs ont un diamètre supérieur à 20 cm (8 po).

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Geology
DEF

Small mass of rock usually projecting above the water surface.

CONT

Puffin Rock, Nfld.

CONT

Robinsons Ball, N.S.

CONT

The Bells of Chance Cove, Nfld.

CONT

Coopers Block, Nfld.

CONT

Sly Boots, Ont.

CONT

Datum Boulder, B.C.

CONT

Passage Bull, N.S.

CONT

Uncle Dickies Burr, Nfld.

CONT

Mad Mall, Nfld.

CONT

Round Island Nubble, N.S.

OBS

rock: usually smaller than an island. Widely used generic.

OBS

ball: rare; generic used in N.S.

OBS

bell: rare; generic used in Nfld.

OBS

block: rare; generic used in Nfld. and N.S.

OBS

boots: rare; generic used in Nfld. and Ont.

OBS

boulder: rare; generic used in B.C.

OBS

bull: rare; generic used in Nfld., N.S. and N.B.

OBS

burr: rare; generic used in Nfld.

OBS

moll: uncommon; generic used in Nfld. and N.S.

OBS

nubble: uncommon; generic used in N.S. and N.B.

OBS

rock; ball; bell; block; boots; boulder; bull; burr; moll; nubble: terms and definition validated by the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) (formerly named the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names -- CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (TB-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Géologie
DEF

Masse solide isolée, s'élevant du fond de la mer, d'un lac ou d'un cours d'eau.

CONT

Rocher, Percé, Qué.

CONT

Roche à Veillon, Qué.

OBS

rocher : générique attesté au Qué. et à T.-N.

OBS

roche : générique attesté au Qué.

OBS

rocher; roche : termes et définition uniformisés par la Commission de toponymie du Canada (CTC) (anciennement appelée le Comité permanent des noms géographiques -- CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire (BT-176) faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Toponimia
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Geología
DEF

Bloque, [...] escollo y, en general, masa grande de piedra suelta o aislada [...] en el mar.

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