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INSELBERG [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-05-16
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- inselberg
1, record 1, English, inselberg
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A steep-sided residual hill, knob or mountain, generally rocky and bare, rising abruptly from an extensive nearly low-level land erosion surface. 1, record 1, English, - inselberg
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Some of them are surrounded at their foot by gentle rock pediments. They vary in shape and size; some being only small hills less than 100 m high while others can reach much higher altitudes. 1, record 1, English, - inselberg
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Inselberg is a word of German origin, meaning "‘island mountain." 1, record 1, English, - inselberg
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- inselberg
1, record 1, French, inselberg
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Relief isolé raide surgissant seule au milieu d'une plaine et typique des milieux désertiques. 2, record 1, French, - inselberg
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L’inselberg est un relief isolé, haut de quelques dizaines de mètres à 500 m et même plus, surgissant au-dessus d’une pédiplaine ou d’un glacis [...] 3, record 1, French, - inselberg
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Étymologie : Emprunté à l’allemand. 3, record 1, French, - inselberg
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- inselberg
1, record 1, Spanish, inselberg
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
- monte isla 2, record 1, Spanish, monte%20isla
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Relieve aislado, de vertientes casi verticales, que se yergue por encima de las rampas del glacis circundante. 2, record 1, Spanish, - inselberg
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Los montes isla son muestras residuales de la espesa capa del terreno excavada por la erosión: los hay que llegan a medir 500 m de altura. Constituyen un ejemplo de erosión diferencial: por su naturaleza cristalina, diferente de la del terreno circundante, y por ser su roca más dura que la de éste, han resistido a la erosión que, durante millones de años, ha rebajado uniformemente el nivel del terreno en toda la región. 2, record 1, Spanish, - inselberg
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