Fluvial terraces are elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains and fluvial valleys all over the world. They consist of a relatively level...

riser of a terrace are also commonly, but incorrectly, called terraces, leading to confusion. Terraces are formed in various ways. Fluvial terraces are remnants...

Look up terrace, terraces, or terracing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Terrace may refer to: Fluvial terrace, a natural, flat surface that borders...

which is flooded during periods of high water Fluvial landforms of streams Fluvial terrace – Elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains and river...

flooded during periods of high water Fluvial island – Exposed landmass within a river Fluvial terrace – Elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains...

River National Wildlife Refuge. Pleistocene Fluvial Terraces (35c) map The Pleistocene Fluvial Terraces are nearly level, poorly-drained, periodically...

Common and Putney Heath – beyond. On, and gently scaling the steep fluvial terrace, is residential street Richmond Hill. It is built up only on its higher...

component in their formation. Similar features Bench (geology) Fluvial terrace Strandflat Terrace (geology) Beach erosion and accretion Beach evolution Beach...

and how these processes interact. Long-lived river (fluvial) systems can produce a series of terrace surfaces over the course of their geologic lifetime...

kilometres (6 miles) from the river. A large part of Novi Sad lies on a fluvial terrace with an elevation of between 80 and 83 metres (262 and 272 feet). The...

This gives it a fairly constant and gentle gradient where several fluvial terraces have been identified. The Somme river was known in ancient times as...

Fluvial landforms Ait Alluvial fan Antecedent drainage stream Avulsion Bank Bar Bayou Billabong Canyon Chine Cut bank Estuary Floating island Fluvial...

been protected from floods by its slightly elevated position on a fluvial terrace. The riverbed has moved eastwards considerably over the centuries and...

on the Danube river. The name reflects the former location on the Fluvial terrace of an arm of the Danube river, prior to its regulation. Due to the...

Fluvial landforms Ait Alluvial fan Antecedent drainage stream Avulsion Bank Bar Bayou Billabong Canyon Chine Cut bank Estuary Floating island Fluvial...

remarkable resilience to erosional processes. The site itself was part of a fluvial terrace in Pleistocene, Central European river basin now situated 1.5 km (0...

Borehole records show that the site lies on the remnants of a Pleistocene fluvial terrace about 15 metre above sea level and 6-8 metre above the current river...

fluvial terrace above the river and below the chert-bearing outcrop. Three major depositional units have been uncovered in excavations on the terrace...

stream degrades, it leaves behind a fluvial terrace. This can be further classified as a strath terrace—a bedrock terrace that may have a thin mantle of alluvium—if...

between scarp and foreland. Pediment flatirons can merge downward into a fluvial terrace. Both talus and pediment flatirons are the relict remnants of formerly...

meanders, steps where the river suddenly starts flowing faster, and fluvial terraces derived from old floodplains. A region can be uplifted at any stage...

on a segment of a river terrace that is about 9 miles (14.5 km) long and just over 4 miles (6.5 km) wide. This fluvial terrace is underlain by stratified;...

geological maps. In the Thames valley, in broad patches brickearth overlies fluvial terrace gravel; it has been reclassified on later maps as the "Langley Silt...

of the city is located on the 25 m (82 ft) fluvial terrace of the Bahlui River (the so-called Palat Terrace). From this nucleus, the city evolved after...

Culture). Thousands of flint tools and weapons have been collected on fluvial terraces (e.g. Madonna del Freddo at Chieti) and near former lakes (e.g. Valle...

aspect that allows the deep waters to resurface on the surface. The fluvial terrace on which Pavia stands appears engraved by two deep furrows due to the...

its name to a geological feature known as the Allenton Terrace, which is the fluvial terrace of sand and gravel in the lower valley of the River Derwent...

yr BP. Key evidence of early anthropogenic activity is encoded in early fluvial successions, long predating anthropogenic effects that have intensified...

metasilicate. oxbow lake A crescent-shaped lake found within a floodplain or fluvial terrace created by the cut-off and abandonment of an active meander within...

such benches "structural benches." Second, other benches are narrow fluvial terraces created by the abandonment of a floodplain by a river or stream and...