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KNOB-AND-BASIN TOPOGRAPHY [1 record]

Record 1 1991-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

An undulating landscape in which a disordered assemblage of knolls, mounds, or ridges of glacial drift is interspersed with irregular depressions, pits, or kettles that are commonly undrained and may contain swamps or ponds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Relief ondulé constitué de crêtes, de buttes, ou de monticules glacio-sédimentaires mal ordonnés, et de dépressions irrégulières, creux ou kettles, d'où l'eau ne s'écoule généralement pas, et qui peuvent contenir un marais ou une mare.

Spanish

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