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MARAIS KETTLE [1 record]

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Record 1 1989-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A marsh usually occupying well-defined elliptical catch basins located in moraines and glacio-fluvial or glacio-lacustrine landscapes. The kettles are moderately deep bowls with moderately to steeply sloping sides. The water sources are chiefly surface runoff from a local catchment area and some interbasin flow or groundwater inflow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Un marais occupant d'habitude des bassins versants elliptiques bien délimités, situés dans des régions morainiques, ou à modelé fluvio-glaciaire ou glacio-lacustre. Les kettles ou marmites sont des dépressions modérément profondes à pentes abruptes ou modérément abruptes. Le marais est alimenté principalement par les eaux de ruissellement superficiel d'un bassin versant local, les eaux d'écoulement entre les bassins et les eaux souterraines.

Spanish

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