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RUPTURE PENTE [5 records]

Record 1 2012-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A place of abrupt change in a stream gradient.

CONT

Every stream develops its own gradient and establishes a longitudinal profile. A portion of the stream is designated a graded stream when the stream is adjusted among available discharge, channel characteristics, its velocity, and the load supplied from the drainage basin. An interruption in a stream’s longitudinal profile is called a nickpoint. A nickpoint can develop as the stream flows across hard resistant rock or after tectonic uplift episodes.

Key term(s)
  • knick point

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Tout cours d’eau à l’équilibre présente un profil longitudinal caractéristique d’allureconcave. On désigne par le terme de rupture de pente le changement brusque de ce profil. Des indices peuvent être calculés pour quantifier cette irrégularité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Site Development
CONT

... [they] argued, quite correctly, ... that sudden declivities, rocky chasms, and rotting tree trunks (all deliberately designed) were more proper for the natural garden than were enormous, undulating meadows accented with tight clumps of thickly planted trees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du terrain
CONT

Le travail de modelage du jardin doit traduire en formes l'esprit du tracé du jardin : les surfaces planes et régulières répondent aux allées droites, les vallonnements et les ondulations du sol aux courbes dessinées, de même que les accidents et les ruptures de pente justifient l'irrégularité des lignes.

CONT

Les escaliers. [...] Forme et tracé. Le plus simple et le plus courant s'inscrit perpendiculairement à la circulation à l'occasion d'un brusque changement de pente.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Preparación del terreno
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Record 3 2004-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
DEF

A marked or abrupt change or inflection in a slope or profile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
DEF

Changement brusque du profil d'un versant.

OBS

Les causes peuvent en être très variables : changement de dureté des roches, type d'érosion particulier [...], emboîtement de reliefs, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geografía matemática
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Record 4 1997-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agriculture - General
Key term(s)
  • grade changes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agriculture - Généralités
Key term(s)
  • ruptures de pente

Spanish

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Record 5 1981-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
Key term(s)
  • break of terrain
  • terrain break

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

ligne de changement brusque dans la valeur des pentes.

Key term(s)
  • rupture de pente
  • accident de terrain

Spanish

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