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Record 1 1991-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

The process by which the finer particles of the soil are loosened and carried down-slope by an extremely fine network of rainwater streamlets.

CONT

Eluvial placers ... are formed upon hill slopes from minerals released from a nearby source rock. ... The lighter non-resistant minerals are dissolved or swept downhill by rain wash or are blown away by the wind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

(...) on a un ruissellement "diffus" (des filets d'eau distants de 5 à 10m en réseau anastomosé (...)

Spanish

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