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BAJADA [5 records]

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Record 1 2010-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A plain formed from the deposition of alluvium adjacent to a river that periodically overflows.

OBS

bajada; bahada : terms used at Natural Resources Canada-Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Plaine formée par le dépôt d'alluvions provenant de l'érosion en amont.

CONT

[...] le pied de la montagne est ourlé d'une accumulation détritique continue [...] qui forme un glacis alluvial [...] désigné sous le nom de bajada.

OBS

bajada; bahada : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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

Llanura formada por deposición de materiales aluviales erosionados en zonas de cota superior.

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Record 2 2009-06-17

English

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

A broad, gently sloping rock surface at the base of a steeper slope, often covered with interlocked, loosely cemented gravel, formed primarily by erosion.

OBS

[This] surface of erosion... resembles a bajada in surface form.

OBS

pediment; piedmont interstream flat; conoplain; rock pediment; pedimentation surface: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Concealed pediment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Formation rocheuse couverte d'une couche mince d'alluvions.

OBS

Le terme «pédiment» est réservé aux surfaces taillées dans les roches massives et les termes «glacis d'érosion», «glacis d'ablation» et «glacis rocheux», à celles taillées dans les roches tendres (cf. le Grand dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse, 1982, vol. 5, p. 4816, le Dictionnaire de géologie, 1984, p. 145 et le Vocabulaire franco-anglo-allemand de géomorphologie, 1966, p. 52).

OBS

pédiment : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Pédiment couvert.

Spanish

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

Glacis, de pendiente muy suave, formado sobre una roca dura por una capa de 1 a 2 m de aluviones de la cual emergen relieves residuales.

CONT

Los pedimentos son característicos de climas semiáridos favorables a la disgregación del granito y otras rocas duras en partículas suficientemente finas para que puedan ser transportadas por la arroyada difusa.

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Record 3 2009-06-17

English

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

A broad, gently sloping rock surface at the base of a steeper slope, often covered with interlocked, loosely cemented gravel, formed primarily by erosion.

OBS

[This] surface of erosion... resembles a bajada in surface form.

OBS

pediment; piedmont interstream flat; conoplain; rock pediment; pedimentation surface: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Concealed pediment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Glacis entaillé dans des roches meubles ou des altérites, à profil transversal concave d'amont en aval (12° à 1°) dominée par un système de versants raides.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Petrografía
  • rampa de erosión
DEF

Glacis, de pendiente muy suave, formado sobre una roca dura por una capa de 1 a 2 m de aluviones de la cual emergen relieves residuales.

CONT

Los pedimentos son característicos de climas semiáridos favorables a la disgregación del granito y otras rocas duras en partículas suficientemente finas para que puedan ser transportadas por la arroyada difusa.

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Record 4 2009-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A pediment that is buried by a thin layer of alluvium from an encroaching bajada [alluvial plain] [and that] is generally caused by a local rise of base level.

OBS

pediment: A gently sloping surface, usually covered with gravel, the result of erosion.

OBS

concealed pediment: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Pédiment portant une couverture détritique ne modifiant pas fondamentalement sa forme.

OBS

pédiment couvert : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

... a range of hills produced by differential erosion from inclined sedimentary rocks, and vale as the accompanying depression or strike valley.

OBS

The gentler slope of the wold is a bajada and the steeper slope, a cuesta if this slope is not a cliff, and a caja, if this slope is a cliff.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie

Spanish

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